[Blindtlk] Identifying Clothes and organization

[David Evans]

Dear All,

Picking colors that go together is not hard as long as you know what the 
colors are.
As a person with a minor in Commercial Art, there is a easy way to determine 
if two colors go together.  That is by the use of a color wheel.
Besides the colors of Black and White, there are also the three Primary 
colors, Red, Blue and Yellow.
The mixing of Red and Blue make the color purple and adding a little more of 
either of the two colors makes various shades in between.
The same thing goes for Red and Yellow.  Combined, they make the color 
Orange and the shades in-between.
Yellow and Blue make the Color Green and the shades in between.
Adding White to any of these colors or shades will lighten the color or 
shade.  The Color Black will darken them.
There are certain colors that are Complimentary to each other.
These are colors that are directly across the color wheel from each other.
Colors such as Red and Green are across from each other and go together, 
very popular at Xmas.
Blue and Orange are across the wheel from each other and go together.
Yellow and Purple go together and so on.
If you are dealing with a light shade of any color  also go with a light 
shade of the complimentary color across the wheel from it.  The same goes 
for a darker shade of any color.
Black, White or Grey will usually go with any other prime color as a rule.
You can make your selves a color wheele and use it to match the colors of 
clothes if it helps you keep them straight.
You can get plastic or embossed metal tags for any of the catalog companies 
to tag your clothes with by sewing them in or fastening them with a small 
safety pin.
----- Original Message ----- 

I hope this helps.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
From: "Nikki Wunderlich" <nikki0222 at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Identifying Clothes and organization


> Hi all,
>
> Well, I happen to live with sighted people, so if I am not sure if two
> colors go together I can ask one of my sighted family members. Which is 
> very
> nice, but I know not every one lives with sighted people. A friend of mine
> is totally blind, and she does not lable her clothing. What she does is 
> she
> just wears black shoes, and finds clothing that will go with black pants,
> and blue pants, and blue jeans, all 3. So she kind of limits what she buys
> to that criteria. Another friend of mine just gets stuff that will go with
> blue jeans for casual, and has help with dress up stuff. When I lived on 
> my
> own, I had either a sighted family member or friend look over my planned
> outfits for the week and see if they matched ok.  And I also organized my
> clause by short sleve, long sSome times though, I get a colored pair, and
> then I will ask what colors would look ok with those shoes. I hope this
> helps. leve, dress shirts, dress skirts, and dresses. As for shoes, I try 
> to
> mostly get either black or white so I know they match with pretty much any
> thing.
>
> Sincerely,
> Nikki
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Johanna Baccan
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:20 PM
> To: Blind Talk mailing List
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Identifying Clothes and organization
>
> To All:
>
> After hearing of some of the clothing  mishaps, which happen to the 
> sighted
> and unsighted.  I wanted to ask how do you organize your clothes.  Trying 
> to
> come up with new ideas.  Do some of you number your clothes?  Use the
> braille tags?  I myself am visually impaired and is realizing that I 
> should
> be more organized in my clothing.  At times it is hard to tell the
> difference between black, dark brown, and navy.  Also knowing what colors
> are in prints, plaids, etc.  Also I hear that the braille tags do not have
> enough of colors.  Any suggestions?  New Ideas?    Thanks for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Johanna
>
>
>
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