Diagnose this odd mental quirk

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve lately begun walking with a cane when not at home. So I bought a snazzy purple cane, which I keep by the back door.

The strange thing is, when I’m not actually with the cane, I think of it as green. I never actually believe I have a green cane, but if I casually think about it, I picture it as green. When I do see it, I’m mildly surprised at its purpleness.

For the record, I have never owned a green cane, and never considered owning one. I don’t even recall ever seeing one.

So why do I imagine my beautiful purple cane as green?

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WAG

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:wink:

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Purple cane, purple cane
Purple cane, purple cane
Purple cane, purple cane
I only want to see you walking with the purple cane.

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Chromaflair paint? Changes color dependent on light source.

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I’ve never owned a purple cane.
I’ve never even seen one.
So every time I see one now,
I always see a green one.

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Are you a big fan of the Hulk

Or maybe Barney?

Or Mardi Gras

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This is quite a riddle you have set for us. How do you feel about bats?

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My guess is there was probably a green cane sitting next to the purple one at the store you bought it at. You don’t recall seeing it because, you know, you’re old. :slight_smile:

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Envy?

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Mandela Effect.

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A very narrow form of synesthesia? I rarely have a mental picture of anything, so beyond that guess I’ve got nothing.

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You may be onto something, since I do have synesthesia. But it usually involves letters, numbers and musical notes and keys, not canes.

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I’m going to also go with @running_coach 's WAG, that your mind is confusing the colors because they are not-quite complementary, analogous to each other. Try staring at your cane for a minute, then either close your eyes or look at a white wall. What color afterimage do you see?

I once made a post about about remembering a scene clear as day with Geena Davis in a green bikini in the movie ‘Earth Girls are Easy’, then recently rewatching and finding out it was actually a pink bikini. I referred to it as my experiencing the Mandela Effect, but it was pointed out to me that the Mandela Effect is only when a group of people independently have the same shared mis-memory. So I feel I must pass the pedantry on to you-- NOT the Mandela Effect here. Sorry :blush:

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Ahhh, but shapes can have their own colors to a synesthete.

Maybe snakes are green to you, or anything else cane-shaped.

Just like, to me, a single electric guitar note is a yellow triangle coming in over my left shoulder. (Mine isn’t synesthesia, it’s just an imagination with poor impulse control)

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I see that the cane isn’t even available in green. I think it’s a case of wanting what you can’t have.

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The cane is always greener …

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No, if green were available, it would be my last choice. I did briefly consider a red one.

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I can’t be the only one who sees what you did there. I like it.

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You said your synesthesia involves letters and numbers. Your cane does look like a seven, a gamma, and an upper-case L.