how can u define a red rose to a blind person?

Answer 1

Let them feel it and describe it to you, if you tell them it's red, they will give you the description that works for them.

Answer 2

You couldn't. You cannot describe a colour to a blind person (unless they had sight at some point in their life) because they have nothing to compare it too. Even light and dark have no meaning really. Maybe letting them feel a rose, the texture and everything might be better. I had this conversation with a blind person when I was younger and the idea of not knowing colours was quite difficult to grasp for me.

Answer 3

how to define a sweet taste to someone with no senses in their tongue
or perfume to someone with no sense of smell
or the sound of a symphony(if ur that way inclined) to a deaf person
or the gentle touch of a loved one

the other senses fill the void

a rose is beautiful for its contradictions
beauty of shape and smell, alongside its thorns,. becuase of this it has become a symbol of love

the softness of the petals the shape of the flower, the symetry of the shapes and order of the perfect rose flower, the sweet and gentle smell, and yes the richness of the reddest rose petals.

just becuase the person is blind doesn't mean they cannot appreciate the other qualities, just remember the thorns when u hand her the rose.

Answer 4

Well, the color has to remind you of an object of some sort, not necessarily the color itself, but what it feels like, smells like, etc. Let the blind person imagine what a red rose would look like from there on.

Answer 5

After some thought, of course one can use the senses of touch and smell. But I wonder if one can define colour by feel, hot to cold.

Red being a HOT colour, BLUE being cold, on a scale from O to 1O, white being O, Pink 5 and Red being 1O on the warm colours scale. If the colours are broken down to the four basic primary colours.

Then I guess you could get more complicated once that is on board, mixing.....Good question....its given me a headache!

Answer 6

Well you could concentrate on the senses it would register on for them, the smell/scent of it, how the petals feel, move, sit together.
The noises it makes, such as when you stroke the petals. The contrast between the soft velvet flower and the viscious spikey stalk! The perfume is probably the most distinctive and it is slightly different depending on the type and colour of the rose.

Answer 7

The question can only be answered by asking another question. Has the person been blind since birth? If so there is no real way to describe anything. They have nothing to compare to since they dont know what the color of their blood is, they dont know what the color of anything is. They may have to use their other senses to feel and smell what it is like but it can not be defined by someone who sees. You have your concept they have theirs.

Answer 8

My sister is blind so I would explain it her by saying It is the nicest voice youve ever heard the sweetest dream youve ever dreamt and it is akin to your own pretty cheeks. But the main thing is that they must be able top understand language first otherwise you cant explain anything to anyone?! Just tell them that it is beautiful and smells lovely too.! p.s my sister coulkd see light in her early years soi it is not really a fair answer, but I asked her if she would rather be born deaf or blind and she said to me deaf and then I could see what you really see, Donald. Which is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. Eat that.... Ther is only one way to answer this question properly and that is to ask a blind person what she thinks or sees in her minds eye?!!!!!!!

Answer 9

This poem should help....

Can you describe a rose?


Its smell is fabulous to the nose.


Its pedals are so delicate.


Its colors are immaculate


Can you describe a rose?


It looks as if it's in a pose.


Its beauty is unique,


It makes you want to sneak a peak.


Can you describe a rose?


Each one smells


Different to the nose.


It's beautiful to behold.


But watch, be careful,


Please don't touch, and


Please don't take a hold.


Cause when you do,


I'll warn you now.


Its thorns will surely


Make you howl.

Answer 10

you can't -define- it, because you would have to define a colour, something that is completely attached to our visual senses, and they don't have it (if we're talking about a born blind person, of course, because those who were able to see usually do remember colours)
if you wanted to DESCRIBE what it would be you could try to compare colour with some other sensations ... connect it to warmth, or even smell or taste. To describe flower itself, try to describe texture and shape of petals and stem.

Answer 11

Let them feel and smell the rose, naturally you would have to tell them the color