[Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheel

[David Evans]

Dear Nancy,

Thank you for the tip.  I will keep it in mind for the future.
I don't think that I will be doing much drawing from now on, 
mostly because I am now into other things.
This tip still mayber useful to me for some of the things I do 
and I appreciate the tip.

David Evans, NFBF


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nancy Yeager" <nancyyeager542 at comcast.net
>To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:28:44 -0400
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheel

>Dear David,

>If you still want to try your hand at drawing, you might want to 
use a
>screen board.  It's just a clipboard that has been covered with 
window
>screen.  If you tape the edges around the clipboard your screen 
will stay
>secure and not fray.  If you put paper or the page of a sketch 
pad on top of
>the screen board and draw, you can feel whatever you draw.

>Nancy Yeager





>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
David Evans
>Sent: Monday, March 31, 1980 8:07 AM
>To: List for blind crafters and artists
>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheel


>Dear All,

>The color wheel will help you match colors that will go together 
and the
>color identifier will let you correctly identify the individual 
colors of
>items that you wish to match.
>I can no longer recognize certain colors at all.
>Red, Brown,Black and dark Blues all like alike to me now.
>I can, on a clear day, still see that the sky is a light blue and 
the grass
>and trees are a green, but otherwise, everything is either a 
light or dark
>color.  I have only light and shadow vision left at this point.
>I did love to draw and paint and even earned a BA degree and 
minor in
>Commercial Art.  I briefly studied under Norman Rockwell as a 
teenager.
>I do miss being able to do that kind of work, but now I do other 
kinds of
>work instead.

>David Evans,NFBF

>Nuclear/Aerospace Materials Engineer
>Builder of the Lunar Rovers and the F-117-A  Stealth Fighter


>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net
>>To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:21:03 -0400
>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheel

>>I am guessing that using a combination of a color wheel and a
>color
>>identifier would be an incredible tool.  I've always wanted a
>color
>>identifier, but never thought of pairing it with a color wheel.

>>Just my 2 cents.
>>Annette


>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>David Evans
>>Sent: Sunday, March 30, 1980 6:56 PM
>>To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheel



>>Dear All,

>>You can make your own Braille color wheel if you want to.  You
>can cut out a
>>circle from cardboard and put a thumb tac in the middle and then
>glue some
>>Brailled names of colors on it.  You just need to get them in the
>right
>>places on the wheel.
>>There are basically 5 major colors:  White and Black, which can
>be added to
>>other major colors to lighten or darken them.  Put together, they
>make the
>>color grey and shades there of.
>>The primary colors are Red, Blue and Yellow.
>>If you combine red and yellow you get Orange.
>>If you combine Yellow and Blue, you get the color Green.  Combine
>Blue and
>>Red and you get Purple.
>>If you add a little more of one color or the other, you get
>different shades
>>of that color, such as Blue-Green, Green-Blue,red-orange,
>orange-red,
>>yellow-green, blue-violet and so on.

>>Colors directly across the color wheel from each other, are
>called
>>complimentary colors.  A good example of this are the colors Red
>and Green,
>>the Xmas colors.
>>This is what the color wheel does.  It helps you pick out colors
>that go
>>with each other.
>>This is why you should also stick with the same brightness or
>shades of
>>colors you pick out to use.
>>Light shades go with light shades and dark shades with dark ones.
>>This rule is not hard and fast, but in general it holds true.

>>There are also Turciary color combinations also that fall at
>equal spacing
>>around the color wheel from each other, such as the primary
>colors do;
>>Red,Yellow and Blue, or Orange, Purple and Green.
>>If you are very blind, you should get someone, who you respect to
>help you
>>or buy a good color identifier to help you.
>>The color wheel is a tool for helping you to pick out colors even
>if you can
>>not see them, but it is not fool-proof.
>>This could be a good little item for Blind people to have to use
>in picking
>>our color combinations for such things as clothing, painting
>rooms and other
>>things when they do not have a sense of what colors look like.

>>I hope this helps.

>>David Evans
>> someone to make and sell as a fund raiser for the didivisionb.

>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Nancy Yeager" <nancyyeager542 at comcast.net
>>>To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>><nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>Date sent: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:33:20 -0400
>>>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheel

>>>Does anyone know where I can find a Braille or otherwise
>>accessible color
>>>wheel?  I have found some useful instructions on the net for
>>using one and
>>>think it might help with choosing colors for beading and other
>>crafts.

>>>Thanks.

>>>Nancy Yeager








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