I was asked this question during my job interview: How do you make a blind person buy a certain color of paint? The blind person is having his/her house renovated and is asking you for his/her options. How do you do it?
Don't mean to be rude but I just want to know how other people would answer the question. No offense at all to anybody.
2007-03-24 06:26:00 · 6 answers · asked by Vlaam 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The person is blind from birth....thanks for that.
2007-03-24 06:44:21 · update #1
I would tell him that I have chosen the most popular/common color that most people seem to enjoy. Afterall the color isn't there for him.All he wants is for it not to look like a blind guy picked it.
2007-03-24 08:16:33 · answer #1 · answered by zeroambition 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way I would do it is as follow: I would bring the person to an office, have her/him sit down comfortably and tell him/her that I will ask questions to determine what color would best suit who they are as a person. Example:
What do you want to paint and why? What makes you feel good, what makes you feel sad,what are your hobbies, what are your favorite foods, what are the things you dislike, what kind of work do you do, who's your favorite TV personality and why, what kind of music you like etc...
I would ask as many questions as the person would be willing to answer in order to get a feeling for what would best represents the blind person.
Nowadays, there are color schemes that exist to match a mood. Debbis Travis brand name of paint is one of the paint collection that classify colours per mood you want to create..
I would make a few suggestions to the person then suggest they show it to a significant other, to get their input before going ahead with the choices. That is my take on your question.
2007-03-24 13:46:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would ask them a series of questions first.
Like...
>What smells do they like the most. (If they like freshly cut grass then green can be related to that)
>Maybe even ask what foods they like...spicy? Spicy colours...
>What kind of music do they enjoy...(If they like classical then it would dictate more traditional colours.)
>What texture do they like to feel..(if they like woolly comforters or cool cotton sheets that would be warm colours or cool colours respectively.)
>What season/temperature do they like...(winter...warm colours, summer...fresh, vibrant colours etc.)
Answers based on those few questions I'd have a better idea what they are like as a person for wall colour choices... it would reflect their tastes to the sighted visitors that they would have at their house.
In addition to 'my' recommendations I would let them know (if they don't already) what certain colours "mean" to people with sight...plus roughly find out how large the rooms are in the house.
After our conversation I'd probably ask for fabric swatches of their drapes, curtains &/or furniture and fine tune the colours for them.
That's how I'd imagine attempting such a task.
How did you answer at your job interview??
2007-03-24 14:02:44 · answer #3 · answered by Gigi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably best to describe the colors in terms of experiences available to an "unsighted"? person. Warm v. cool; deep/heavy v. light, etc.
In other words trying to explain how red "looks" is like trying to describe the taste of chocolate, as that cliche' goes. :))
2007-03-24 13:32:56 · answer #4 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this person blind from birth or from a life incident? if they've never seen anything as I assume, then I have to agree with jared
2007-03-24 13:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by youceff k 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that should offend anyone. I think it is a perfectly logical question; one that I have never thought about. It will be interesting to see the answers. I am giving you a star on this one.
2007-03-24 13:32:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony F 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋