Sound-grapheme-color synaesthesia of consonants in the Komi-Permyak language. Article 1. Methodology and results of the experiment

Preliminary results of experimental studies of sound-grapheme-color associativity of consonants in the Komi-Permyak language are interpreted in the context of data in the Russian, English and other lan­guages. It is ascertained that color characteristics of the consonants have no clear connection with character­istics of speech sounds. The experiment was conducted from 2009 to 2014 in cities and villages of the Komi-Permyak Okrug (District). Reliable results were obtained for 20 consonants of the Komi-Permyak language, whose color associativity is within significant values (from 25% to 48% of responses). It was established that in the Komi-Permyak language grapheme Ж induces yellow color; graphemes Ч, Ц - white color; graph­emes Д, ДЖ, ТШ, П, Щ, К - black color; grapheme З - green color; graphemes С, Г, Н, В, Л, Б - blue col­or; graphemes P, K, M - red color; grapheme Ф - purple color. Most frequent, regular and sustainable asso­ciative links between Komi-Permyak consonants and colors are located in the zone of red, blue and black spectra. Komi-Permyak graphemes most often induce black and blue (6 graphemes), and red (3 graphemes) colors.