how can i describe a color (i.e Red) to a person who have been blind since birth?

Answer 1

I myself am totally blind, although not since birth. And although the movie, "Madk", gives a pretty good indication of what you might do, I seriously doubt it would be the best way to do it. Our perception of color comes from reflected light striking our retinas and, therefore, someone who has been blind since birth has never experienced that. I remember what colors look like; but whenever I burn myself I don't think, "Red", or when I run the burn under cold water I don't think, "Blue". Also, when one loses their sight, it is a misconception/stereotype that the other senses make up for it. My hearing does not make up for the loss of my sight, for example. The best that happens is that I have learned how to receive more information from what I hear, or touch, or taste, or smell. But since we gain about 80% of our information from our sight, it is impossible for the other four senses to make up for that loss. Blind people can do some amazing things, and can learn to overcome their loss of sight. Yet I don't know any blind person who would not acknowledge that getting their eyesight back would be preferable to not being able to see.

Answer 2

Did you ever see the film Mask? Well in that there was a blind girl and the boy in it described colour by warming stones up and stuff.
He made a stone cold and said thats blue,
he made a stone hot and said thats red,
then he said cool it down a bit and thats orange.

I thought it was a great thing to do. That film makes me cry.


oops sorry Blondee I was typing at the same time then lol

Answer 3

If you ever saw the movie "Mask", the perfect answer was there. Rocky describes colors to a blind girl. He put her hand near the hot stove and said "Red". He put her hand in a bowl full of ice and said "blue". Then he gave her a hand full of cotton balls and said "white clouds". That's the best way to describe colors that I have ever seen.

Answer 4

try describing it in a sense of smell. Have him smell a cherry. A cherry is "red." Have him smell grass. Grass is Green. So on and so forth.

When your lose one sense your body uses the others to make up for it. There are stories of the blind from birth dreaming in full color, and shape, even if they have never seen it. Smell, touch, and sound make up for the lost sense.

Answer 5

you cant
but, there are brain probe experiments that produce star like vision in the sight center. These like points can be grouped and turned on and off like pixels so that there is hope that implants may show digital views for the blind. This is black and white TV at the moment, but as technology improves, this will produce color, and you could just show them the colors...

Answer 6

The move Mask, with Cher shows "Rocky" teaching a young lady that very thing. He puts a hot potatoe into her hands and says that's RED. Billowy cotton balls are "WHITE". Ice in the hand is "BLUE". It is a really cool movie and I loved that scene!

Answer 7

I would say the idea mentioned earlier, with the warm/hot item and try to compare this to red. Cold item for blue etc. This will be hard, but you can try.

Answer 8

that's hard as he/she will not be able to recognize. anyway the blind can feel the colors by themselves but i think there's no way to describe it. sorry

Answer 9

That is a real good question, i think it would be hard, the person wouldnt be able to comprehend because they have never seen any colors ever. all they can see is darkness.

Answer 10

Simple, The color of Passion and let him interpreted the way he wants.