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Clavier à lumières
The clavier a lumieres was a musical instrument invented by Scriabin for use in his work Prometheus: Poem of Fire. However, it was never built in his lifetime. The instrument was supposed to be a keyboard, with notes corresponding to colors as given by Scriabin's synesthetic system. Scriabin assigned the following colors to the following notes:
| Note | Color |
|---|---|
| C | red |
| C# | violet or purple |
| D | yellow |
| D# | gray |
| E | sky blue |
| F | deep red |
| F# | bright blue |
| G | orange |
| G# | lilac |
| A | green |
| A# | gray |
| B | light blue |
However, when the notes are ordered by the circle of fifths, the colors are in order of a spectrum, indicating that he did not experience the physiological condition of synaesthesia, and that it was a thought out system that was influenced by his theosophic readings and based on Sir Isaac Newton's Optics:
| Color | Note |
|---|---|
| red | C |
| orange | G |
| yellow | D |
| green | A |
| sky blue | E |
| light blue | B |
| bright blue | F# |
| violet or purple | C# |
| lilac | G# |
| gray | D# |
| gray | A# |
| deep red | F |
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03-10-2013 05:06:04
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