[Nfb-krafters-korner] Color wheel function

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Hi Eileen and all --
I wasn't going to enter this thread but I am now to a point where I need my 
color identifier all the time, but in the right light I can still see even 
fine gradations in the colors of my shirts -- if the colors are right.  So I 
have a frame of reference. Now I have noticed that my color tester is wrong 
on several colors.  For one, it has never spoken the word "orange'" no 
matter what orage material I put under it. It will say something like bright 
red with a touch of green or whatever.  In fact it goes into great detail on 
anything with a component of red in it, naming all types of red you can 
think of.
Another common error this thing makes is that for dark colors, it cannot 
tell chocolate brown from deep violet or aubergene.    In fact, in its 
assessment of all colors with a purple tint or hue, it will opt for calling 
it purple rather than indigo or magenta.
But the most annoying thing about my tester is that it always gets the shade 
of pink wrong.  I love any kind of pink or peach or magenta.  But this thing 
will always call a salmon pink "fuchsia" and fuchsia it calls magenta.
I've always been very picky about the way I combine colors, especially in 
clothing.  It has really been hard to depend on someone else to pick out 
certain colors, or tell me if I clash.

A funny thing though: My dear mother has macular degeneration and has been 
losing parts of her retina, although she is not blind as yet.  I mentioned 
to her that my colorizer called brown purple, and said that her bad eye 
couldn't tell those colors apart either.
The verdict? My color test is visually impaired...*smile*

Happy krafting.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color wheel function


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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