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Though the phrase tone color is often used as a synonym for timbre, colors of the optical spectrum are not generally explicitly associated with particular sounds. Rather, the sound of an instrument may be described with words like "warm" or "harsh" or other terms, perhaps suggesting that tone color has more in common with the sense of touch than of sight. People who experience synaesthesiaNote: there is also an industrial music band called Synaesthesia. Synaesthesia (also spelled synesthesia) is the neurological mixing of the senses. A synaesthete may, for example, hear colors, see sounds, and taste tactile sensations. While this may happe, however, may see certain colors when they hear particular instruments.

The physical characteristics of sound which are used in the determination of timbre are spectrumThe noun spectrum (plural: spectra has a variety of meanings. Ghosts Originally a spectrum was what is now called a spectre, i. a phantom or apparition. Spectral evidence is testimony about what was done by spectres of persons not present physically, or h and envelopeThis article is about paper envelopes. For other meanings, see envelope (disambiguation An envelope is a packaging product, usually made of flat, planar material such as paper or cardboard, designed to contain a flat object such as a letter. The tradition, but psychoacousticsPsychoacoustics is the study of subjective human perception of sounds. Effectively, it is the study of psychology of acoustical perception. Background In many applications of acoustics and audio signal processing it is necessary to know what humans actual also plays an important and little-understood part.