I would call it that, especially if (and only if) your perceptions of which spices etc. taste what colours don't match up with the actual colours of the spices (like how cumin tastes grey-gold but is actually a brown-green colour, and thai basil tastes red, even though it's green with purple accents). If you have a near-zero colour-perception match (unlike some of the posters on here who've been matching "red things" with red things and "green things" with green things -- what do you do when a "green thing" actually tastes yellow?), then you're talking about a form of genuine synaesthesia.
You downloaded the "electroklezmer" song, right? Quick, what colour is it predominantly? (I'm betting you'll be able to tell me.)
Tomble has the more classic kind of synaesthesia, the kind where letters and numbers have distinct colours. (I'm so glad I don't have that -- it would mess up my reading speed for sure.) Actually, how you're describing what you see seems to be classic synaesthete behaviour. See this link from SciAm. Apparently no one else can describe it adequately, either. :)
Re: Glenn, I didn't know you are a synaesthete!!
You downloaded the "electroklezmer" song, right? Quick, what colour is it predominantly? (I'm betting you'll be able to tell me.)
Tomble has the more classic kind of synaesthesia, the kind where letters and numbers have distinct colours. (I'm so glad I don't have that -- it would mess up my reading speed for sure.) Actually, how you're describing what you see seems to be classic synaesthete behaviour. See this link from SciAm. Apparently no one else can describe it adequately, either. :)