[Nfb-krafters-korner] Color wheel function

[Lovette Yewchan]

I love this idea.
Now someone needs to invent how it works.  Also I notice that people 
vary in their ideas what goes with what. My husband and daughter sure 
don't always agree and they argue about blue and green. One sees 
green the other blue.
Lovette
At 04:30 PM 11/14/2010, you wrote:
>Annette:
>
>When I first mentioned having one that was accessible to us, my 
>original thought was that it would be helpful when working with a 
>color and wanted to find a coordinating, either complimentary or 
>contrasting color.  When I could see my vision was perfect so now a 
>days I have a good memory of color, but often I will struggle to 
>think of something a little different to tgo with a color.  For 
>instance, let's take the color red, what goes with it?  A lot of 
>people, especially those who are blind having never saw will come 
>back with white and green which is more often than not associated 
>with Christmas.  Not every time I work with red to I want a 
>representation of Christmas so what other colors could work with 
>red.  No matter if it is in our crafting or wardrobe or even color 
>coordinating and decorating our homes I think it would be a very 
>useful tool for people who are blind.
>
>Now, what about a talking color wheel built into a color 
>scanner?  How about two additional buttons that once we scan a 
>color,  we could be given a verbal listing of what colors would 
>compliment or contrast well with the color we just scanned?  This 
>might actually be even better than a Braille color wheel because the 
>color scanners are already adapted for our use.
>
>Eileen
>
>
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>From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
>Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 7:02 AM
>To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color wheel function
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Putting aside the questions of what would an accessible color wheel look
>>like, where we would get one, and how we would make one, I would like to
>>know how and why you would use a color wheel in your crafting or everyday
>>life?  I think this is a case where form follows function.
>>
>>Annette
>>
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