Do blind people understand the concept of colours?

Answer 1

No more than a deaf person understands the concept of different musical notes.

Answer 2

If they've been blind their whole life, I think they have a hard time getting the concept. In the movie Mask (with Cher), Rocky gives the blind girl something hot to hold and tells her "That's red" and something cold to hold and tells her "That's blue." That's about the best way I can think of to convey the concept.

Answer 3

Color and imagery are necessary and fine as long as we understand how color blind people—who constitute a wide audience on the web—perceive color.

There exists a misconception that color blind people see no colors at all. These people, called achromats, are an extremely small group. A much bigger number of color blind people (1 in 12 men, and 1 in 250 women) have red-green deficiency, and do see color except certain color combinations may appear confusing to them. For example, both red and green appear as dark brown to black and therefore should be used with caution, while orange and blue actually look as orange and blue to them, and therefore are safer.

Answer 4

think of it like this, do you understand the concept of colour, you are tought from birth that the colour yellow is yellow but what if you see what is actually blue..... but because everyone else calls it yellow , you see the colour blue as yellow hehehe complicated huh?
so if you teach a blind person that an orange is well orange they will know that it is orange even though they may never have seen one.

Answer 5

If they were born blind, then I doubt they can understand what an actual color looks like.

Answer 6

blind from birth? I don't think so, no. But, what a thoughtful question to be asking for people who can read by sight....???

Answer 7

Just because there blind they dont understand colors I think they my understand them better then people how can see. I know for sure blind people are perfecty able along many other people with diffrent disableitys. Why the hell do you ask this quistin

Answer 8

yes, unless born blind

Answer 9

if they coud see before yes but born blind no

Answer 10

Depends if they've been blind from birth.