[Nfb-krafters-korner] mid week question color?

Thu Nov 11 14:41:44 UTC 2010

I have wondered if my images of colors would fade as time passes.  Right 
now, they are vivid memories.  Yes, in my dreams I am doing those kinds of 
things too, and then I think, well nobody knows I cannot see but if they 
find out then I can't do this any more.

I like to be sure I use color in my make up. I think that people don't 
expect me to wear make up and eye shadow, and it is just sort of something I 
do just to prove I can still do it.  I never leave home without make up and 
especially eye shadow to match my clothing of the day.  And, I am sure there 
were a few times when I left home with my face looking very different that 
what I thought it looked.

At the make up counter the girl put samples in my bag. One sample that I 
had, I thought was foundation. I wore it a couple of times when I went out. 
Then, one day, I qwas ready to go out and my husband looked at me and was 
horrified. Instead of foundation, it was a very dark night repair....OMG, I 
had covered my face with it and he said I looked like a very old woman and 
that it was a dark greenish color.   You know, I am abeolutely sure I had 
worn that sample "foundation" to a couple of things sponsored by the local 
Blind Association. Well, the guests there never noticed it, but I bet the 
people helping out and the van driver did.  I shudder to think of how I must 
have looked. I threw that sample away so it would never be taken as 
foundation by me again.

Color does matter, especially when it is on the FACE.   Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] mid week question color?

> Oh, let's see.
>
> My very favorite color is purple!  But,
> For colors to wear I tend towards red, navy, cranberry, tan, black, cream
> and white.
> For decorating, I tend towards ocean colors, blues, tans beige and maybe a
> touch of green.
>
> In my crafting I tend towards historical colors.  I used to do mainly
> embroidery work, and the things I tended to gravitate towards were antique
> samplers.  Thos have colors like golds, browns, dark greens, dark reds, 
> navy
> those kind of colors on cream, or beige fabrics.
>
> Linda, I still dream in full living color, and I am at 6 1/2 years blind.
> Right now I see just black, I describe it as looking through black denim.
> There is one spot about the size of a finger tip that is a bit lighter, 
> kind
> of like looking through the spot where the knees of the jeans are a bit
> worn, but everything else is denim black.  So, when I dream I get to enjoy
> those beautiful colors!  I also find that sometimes I am in my dream and i
> am driving or something and I say to myself in the dream, "but, wait, you
> are not allowed to do that you are blind, you better get that cane out to
> help you find your way while you drive this car."  Hehahaha!
>
>
> Dixie who is presently making a red hat to match her red winter jacket on
> the knifty knitter.
>
> ~ @-> ~ <-@ ~
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:20 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] mid week question color?
>
> I know what you mean by the different colors. I think, sometimes, that 
> there
>
> is no color that I do not like.  And, particularly in the season changes
> here in PA. Each season has it's own palette of colors, and they shift 
> from
> one to the next in such a subtle way.
>
> I used to say I hated yellow. I never wore yellow, because I am very fair
> and pastel colors do not look good on me at all. But, once I lost my sight
> and can no longer see myself in the mirror, I bought a YELLOW T-shirt when 
> I
>
> was in Puertoo Rico. I thought, "Well I cannot see myself in this shirt, 
> so
> what the heck!"
> I bought it and I wear it all the time. I like this shirt and I think the
> reason why is that I am now set free from the self-judgements I made when 
> I
> looked at myself in a particular color. Now, I wear the yellow shirt and 
> it
> makes me feel happy to wear it.
>
> In my closet are recurring colors: Purple/Orange/Turquoise/Deep 
> Brown/Mossy
> Greens
>
> That is my color palette. I interchange them all as I love any of these
> colors together. One color you will never find me wearing is gray. Never. 
> I
> don't like gray at all. Not in a car, nor clothing, nor rooms, carpets,
> anything. I have never liked gray because I consider it to be a non-color
> and mousey and insipid. haha That is not me. Color, regardless of weather 
> or
>
> not I can see it, is still an enormous part of my life and always will be. 
> I
>
> have an excellent color memory and all someone has to do is to begin to
> describe a color to me, and I can see it clearly.
>
> Thought I cannot see color much at all, I am very aware of color and my
> dreams are in full vivid color. I can also see perfectly well in my 
> dreams.
> I have never been blind in any of my dreams. So I think that since I sleep 
> 8
>
> hours a day, I am only 66 percent  blind.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] mid week question color?
>
>
>> Hi Joyce --
>> I don't have a favorite color, because different colors evoke different
>> moods and feelings, and so sometimes I like one, and other times I like
>> another.  Also different colors look especially good together, whereas
>> others can be downright nauseating.
>> I love bright colors, especially now that I have less vision than I have
>> ever had and so only see color if it is especially bright.
>>
>> Also different colors and combinations are used for different purposes --
>> for example, decorating a room you might use certain colors, but picking
>> out
>> clothes that look good on you would require different colors.
>> So I might have favorite colors to wear and different colors for 
>> different
>> rooms of my house.  You can tell I'm a color freak.  But I do get moved 
>> by
>> color, just like tastes in food.
>>
>> I hope I always see enough to see color, but I'm also prepared for
>> blindness
>> if that is what comes. I just hope it won't.
>>
>> Happy krafting.
>> --le
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:40 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] mid week question color?
>>
>>
>> This is a question that was posted in the past, but the answers and
>> explanations were all so interesting last time.
>>
>> What is your favorite color and why?  Does it come from memories of
>> colors
>> or feelings?
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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