How will you describe the colors in RAINBOW to a blind person since birth?

Answer 1

I remember that was done in the movie with Cher in it, was it called "Mask"? The actor in the movie used objects and such to describe color to someone blind.

Although, I really don't see how it helps at all. There are blue stars, for example, and natural gas on our stove has a blue flame too. If our sun happened to be a blue one instead of a yellow one, then our society would probably be using "blue" for hot instead of cold. Either way, I don't see how it would help a blind person understand color. The only way to understand color is to actually see it. What good would it do a blind person to feel an ice cube and think blue (when it has no color at all). Or what good would it do a blind person to feel a lemon and think yellow (perhaps it's actually a pink one). Or an apple and think red, if it's really green? These color associations only have relevance to people who can see. Teaching them to someone who is blind will have no actual value beyond learning what colors may be appropriate for what occasion... like if a blind person were to ask a clothing merchant for clothes for a little boy, she should know not to ask for pink ones.

The thing is, blind people already *learn* many of these associations over time by listening to ordinary conversations. Ask them what color very common things are (grass, the sun, the sky on a clear day, the sky on a cloudy day, snow) and blind people can already tell you the answer. They also know that grey is associated with gloominess due to a cloudy day, too, etc.

Answer 2

I don't think that you could give a description that would distinguish red from the other colors, but you might be able to describe something about what colors are like. With our sight we can distinguish the shape of objects and their size and the texture of their surface. These are all things that a blind person could understand because they can be felt with the hands. You can say that the things around you have color also, which is a property of the light reflected off of them, that they are like texture, in a way, but sensed by the eyes instead of the hands or skin. That there are 7 or 8 different colors but they grade into each other and each one has some variations.

Answer 3

Well, at first I would like to answer with another question:how can you describe music to the deaf person? But after a while:
Yellow-it's the taste of lemon,
Orange-when you sit on the porch and sunset light glows on your face,
Red-when you feel the warm of the fire and hear almost soundless sparks,
Green-it's the smell of fresh grass,
Blue-it's the taste of the rain, cold water, snow,
Violet-it's the smell of the pansy, lavender,
That's all.

Answer 4

Don't underestimate a blind person, I personally know one through my job, she is a sociologist. she is very smart. she was born with no sight and she can see colors, she sees colors through her frontal lobes, why don't you try this-------------- close your eyes, keep your eyes closed for a good 15 minutes, you will notice that all of you other senses kick in ( the ones that you are not aware of ) try it, You just might learn something today about yourself. Or just ask that person the question about the rainbow.

Answer 5

u cant make visulaize any colour by birth just u hav to describe by giving some examples,even though for them everything will b colourless.

Answer 6

Ask them to imagine the most beautiful brightest lights all different from one another and like my friend above said...some upbeat classical music is great to accompany this...

Answer 7

for red, i would hand them something hot. for orange, i would give them a taste of the sweetest orange. yellow would be the scent of a lemon. green is fresh cut grass. blue.... ice. indigo is a tougher one. i think freshly laundered clothes. and violet... well... the taste of african violets.

Answer 8

i think i would compare it to a piece of classical music of some sort....Beethoven 5th! dun dun dun dun..... maybe Irving Berlin Americana music with the horns and drums...