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the same thing as the Disney animators who worked on "Fantasia".

But seriously, you are likely too young for this but Robert Fulton of Fulton Musical Industries (FMI), not of steamboat fame, felt every instrument suggested a different color. J Gordon Holt, who was a big fan of FMI products at one point, had an article in Stereophile describing Fulton's descriptions of listening to recorded music. I believe Fulton related the accuracy of the color rendition as his best indicator to sonic accuracy. I could not find Fulton's color chart but the link below offers comments by Holt about him.

All that I could find as direct info was this from an Agon discussion -

brian_beck • 2 years ago
Some of you may remember Robert W. Fulton, founder of FMI. Fulton was famous for his very natural sounding speakers in the 70's and 80's. He founded the whole speaker cable and interconnect industry. He was also a gifted listener who visualized sounds as colors. He "saw" the reproduction of instruments through an audio system in terms of how colors were shifted. He wrote a short flyer or brochure describing those colors. I have that document and it will be posted in an upcoming commemorative website on Fulton.


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