Memorising pitches as Colour (or concepts, to be less sycophantic to the title) can actually be a good way of "feeling" the notes of a scale. Perfect pitch is

Memorising pitches as Colour (or concepts, to be less sycophantic to the title) can actually be a good way of "feeling" the notes of a scale. Perfect pitch is the one thing that really makes me jealous in music. Unless you have a lot of tuition, technique requires a certain amount of luck in terms of finding the right habits and obsessions, but I can work out how I would improve - pitch however is totally off the table unless you have from an early age.