How would you describe color to a blind person??

Question

you couldnt say red like a rose because they have never seen a rose.

Answer 1

I would have so they associate the colors with things they can touch, taste, smell, hear... all the other senses they have. Example...
Blue... ice
White... cotton
Pink... sticky cotton candy
Red... rose... soft petals... pricking thorns
Green... freshly cut grass
Yellow... the warmth of the hot sun

A person just needs to use their imagination to come up with things to describe colors to those who cannot see them. What they can do is hear, smell, taste, and touch things in ways people who can see can never imagine.

Answer 2

Describe Color

Answer 3

I'm giving you a star because this is a question that deserves respect. Not many people would think of this. Blind people sense things we cannot. I would describe red as the sun=hot orange=fruit, smell would be strong to them yellow=a lemon. another strong smell green=grass, feel and smell of cut grass blue-the ocean, the feel& sound of waves, smell the salt air lavender, purple= I would have them smell the lavender flower I grow lavender & it smells wonderful white= sheets hope that helps

Answer 4

I would rely on his/her sense of touch. Using a fabric that has a somewhat rough texture, I would explain that the color red is like this...rougher than most colors...orange could be describes as similar to red. I would use silk to describe white since it is soft and silky, easy to look at. Blue could be a piece of ice...sometimes cold and unfriendly. "Sky-blue" is softer because it has some 'silky' white mixed into it. For yellow, I would warm something slighty...maybe a muffin and have them smell it and hold it close...yellow is warm an inviting, like the sun! Use a blanket to describe green because it covers the earth and trees like a thick blanket...just as white (snow) blankets the earth and trees in the winter.

The imagination is a wonderful thing and I think this kind of explanation would give a blind person some kind of connection to color.

Supposedly, Helen Keller learned water by the texture. She soon associated 'wet' with the feel of water.

You'll have to use your imagination for the rest. Association will fill in the blanks.

Answer 5

This topic is worth everyone's attention

Answer 6

you would describe it either based on the emotions it causes or how it relates to other senses.

for example, red could be love or warmth, dark red could be fire or evil.

I remember hearing a story on the radio last week about some guy who (surgically) regained right after a near-lifetime of blindness, and when asked to identify colors, he could do it without error. he said the colors looked more or less the way he imagined them

Answer 7

Every person have different perceptien and likeness for colors ..

So if you tried to describe the color to a blind person .. you have to know him / her better frist ..

so you can describe colors as what seem more likeness to him about emotions ..

hot/ cold ..
and you need just to tell them they have the gifts .. as they can have imaginations which is more better than the reality ..


I guess hot / cold is great if you wanna try that ..

have a great day ..
Good luck ..
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Answer 8

I would describe them with emotions.

Red- Anger. Think of something that would define hatred to the highest power. Boiling. Searing.
Blue- Think of something calm and beautiful. A deep color.
Yellow- Think of something that makes you smile. Bright and beautiful.

I think a blind person could at least imagine the color through emotions.

Answer 9

You could not describe that if there is no common frame of reference, in a shared experience, which a blind person would not have of color (if they were blind all their life, of course).

Communication between two beings requires that the same symbol or sign refers to the same type of experience to make the connection, so that both know that they are agreeing on what they would experience when a given sign or symbol is used to express it - as communication is the transmission of a given truth into another mind, which can only be done if there is such an agreed-upon protocol - all language is based upon that.


With experiences of higher levels of being, most often this cannot be communicated because there is no common frame of reference with the mystic's experience and the experience of others - such experiences are said to be "ineffable." - in fact, it is a principle of mystical theology that the higher the thing experienced, the less that it is capable of being communicated - one saint expressed the concern that if she tried to communicate what she received in way of the things of God, they would be blasphemies, because anything that could be said about them would be completely false in relation to what was perceived.




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Answer 10

wow, good question, i would just ask them what color is to them, like when they hear a rose is pink, what goes through their mind, that would be cool

Answer 11

I probably would not answer the question if the blind did not ask specifically about the color of things. I would probably liston to their descriptions of what if any colors their mind gives to them. To a person who has not seen color as many do, they would have their own unique words to describe their world without our sight.