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by thangalin 226 days ago
The main protagonist in my novel experiences synethesia. She talks about numbers having colours. To help ensure consistency throughout the novel, I developed a text editor (KeenWrite) that allows me to refer to externally defined variables within the prose, such as:

      syn_1: black
      syn_2: purple
      syn_3: red
      syn_4: gold
      syn_5: blue
      syn_6: silver
      syn_7: yellow
      syn_8: brown
      syn_11: teal
      syn_16: orange
It's tempting to change the colour map based on your abilities. How far does your colour mapping go and what other "columbers" (that's what the protagonist calls them) do you perceive?