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If you met a person that was blind their entire life.... how would you describe certain colors to them?
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That's a good question and I would tell them to check for the bagginess of the pants because some people say you can tell from that the colors and such.
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I don't think it's possibe to describe a purely visual sensory experience to somebody who has never had them.
If I had to, I suppose I'd describe the usual cliches. . .green as soothing and fresh, blue as beautiful and moody, red as vibrant and energetic. But I'd feel stupid about it. Maybe I'd just make them eat a box of popsicles while I told them the colors. That'd work too.  | |
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tackam said: I don't think it's possibe to describe a purely visual sensory experience to somebody who has never had them.
If I had to, I suppose I'd describe the usual cliches. . .green as soothing and fresh, blue as beautiful and moody, red as vibrant and energetic. But I'd feel stupid about it. Maybe I'd just make them eat a box of popsicles while I told them the colors. That'd work too.  I heard you could have them feel different fruits like apples and oranges... seriously no pun!! -------------------------------------------------
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i would try to express the beauty of colour through sound. matching colours to the rise and fall of the waves - the wind - a storm - a song - events like that. i think miles davis did a beautiful job with the tracks on aura, a nine-part suite, based upon his audial perceptions of his own aura. maybe that would be a nice place to start. zesty!!! | |
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tackam said: I don't think it's possibe to describe a purely visual sensory experience to somebody who has never had them.
If I had to, I suppose I'd describe the usual cliches. . .green as soothing and fresh, blue as beautiful and moody, red as vibrant and energetic. But I'd feel stupid about it. Maybe I'd just make them eat a box of popsicles while I told them the colors. That'd work too. .. kinda disagree, the concept that a blind person has of colour would be structured differently from a seeing person but i wouldn't say that it was not possible to do. the popsicle idea for instance is cool by tasting different fruits, one can recreate the image of colour represented by that piece of fruit smell is another sense that can recreate an illusion of colour .. | |
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youngsoulrebel said: tackam said: I don't think it's possibe to describe a purely visual sensory experience to somebody who has never had them.
If I had to, I suppose I'd describe the usual cliches. . .green as soothing and fresh, blue as beautiful and moody, red as vibrant and energetic. But I'd feel stupid about it. Maybe I'd just make them eat a box of popsicles while I told them the colors. That'd work too. .. kinda disagree, the concept that a blind person has of colour would be structured differently from a seeing person but i wouldn't say that it was not possible to do. the popsicle idea for instance is cool by tasting different fruits, one can recreate the image of colour represented by that piece of fruit smell is another sense that can recreate an illusion of colour .. I am very impressed with your descriptions!!! that popsicle idea I had never heard of but that is a great example of what I am asking in this thread.. Nicely said! blinded by the light edit [This message was edited Sun Jul 13 19:10:00 PDT 2003 by pejman] -------------------------------------------------
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It's really quite simple.
For someone who can't see one must only compare the colors to what the can hear, feel, and smell. believe it or not, they can understand that. King BAD is the giver of ME LIFE
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CHEECHWIZARD said: It's really quite simple.
For someone who can't see one must only compare the colors to what the can hear, feel, and smell. believe it or not, they can understand that.  Believe it or not Cheech, I understood everything you wrote on this post!  -------------------------------------------------
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CHEECHWIZARD said: It's really quite simple.
For someone who can't see one must only compare the colors to what the can hear, feel, and smell. believe it or not, they can understand that. yeah, what cheech said  zesty!!! | |
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