Table 2.

Correlation of colour and notes of the chromatic scale. Table highlighting the various crossmodal correspondences that have been proposed since Newton (1704). Newton’s correlation conforms to the seven-tone scale which he was probably familiar with. Castel’s correlations were made with the 12-tone chromatic scale, but as Wells (1980) notes, the hues fall in frequency as the tones rise in frequency. The alignment is reversed for the following correlations. The scale attributed to E. G. Lind presents the pitch of tones (sound frequency, Hz) and the frequency of light (presented in parentheses in the Table as Terahertz (THz), for example red is 476 THz). Rimington’s (1895) crossmodal mapping from Peacock (1988). Adapted from Wells (1980, Table 1)

Note	Newton	Castel	Finn	Rimington	Lind	Maryon
	1700	1720-1735	1881	1893	1900	c. 1920
C	Red	Blue	Red	Deep red	259 Hz, red (476)	Red
C#		Sea green, blue-green	Vermillion	Crimson		Red-orange
D	Orange	Green, bright green	Orange	Orange-crimson	289 Hz, orange (511)	Orange
D#		Olive, yellow-green	Yellow			Orange-yellow
E-flat				Orange
E	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow-green	Yellow	322 Hz, yellow (546)	Yellow
F	Green	Apricot, yellow-	Green	Yellow-green	342 Hz, green (588)	Yellow-green
		orange, aurora
F#		Orange	Blue-green	Green		Green
G	Blue	Red	Turquiose blue	Bluish green	385 Hz, blue (630)	Blue-green
G#		Crimson	Blue			Blue
A-flat				Blue-green
A	Indigo	Violet	Indigo	Indigo	427 Hz, indigo (665)	Blue-violet
A#		Agate, blue-violet,	Violet			Violet
		light purple
B-flat				Deep blue
B	Violet	Indigo	Purple	Violet	485 Hz, violet (721)	Violet-red