Sherj,
I would find that very interesting! I’ve always thought that synaesthesia is fascinating – but color and music aren’t just associated with perfect pitch, in the sense that each pitch is a different color. Some people associate different colors with different keys. Sometimes I think I have this… partly. Sometimes I swear that pieces that are in Eb major or minor are yellow, but I figure I music be fouling myself! BTW not all people with perfect pitch have synaesthesia.
On the original question. I think there is a difference between sound timbre and sound color, and the two are confused because they are often used interchangeably. I understand sound timbre to be something like the sound of the oboe or the sound of clarinet. The two instruments sound different, and the difference is their timbres. A harp specific example might be the difference between regular playing and playing with the nails, or regular playing and harmonics, or regular playing and PDLT.
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