[Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

Wed Apr 9 01:43:08 UTC 2014

Man I hear you loud and clear on this one.  That is what I would do  with 
John around.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 4/8/2014 9:36:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
cobaltblueheron at gmail.com writes:

Hahaha,  I have found I need to take a consensus on colors.  What my  
husband
sees as purple, my daughter sees as pink.  Really?  So,  then I run it by a
few more people to get a consensus as to what the true  color is.

Dixie
@-> ~ <-@

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On
Behalf Of Henrietta  Brewer
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:14 PM
To: List for blind crafters  and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting  eyes

Oh, try asking a few friends for help with color. then you are not  only
confused but very likely to hurt all but one of them when you make  your
decision. lol

Last summer i decided to assessorize the main  bathroom with new colors. My 
x
sister in law suggested teel. We bought two  rugs in teel an a few towels.
the rugs curled up and surely can't be in  Dan's bathroomWent out to find
more rugs and shower curtain. Nothing that  was near the towels. Oh, well,
you can always use hand towels.  

Well, was out with my daughter, Janet and she found a navy shower  curtain
that would work well on dan's special shower. No rugs that were the  same
navy. all the navy we find has a green tint this year. Well, up  against the
shower curtain anyhow. 

so, my friend, Joyce took me out  and she decided a light blue looked good
with the navy. we got one rug  forgetting the one right outside of the 
shower
which is most important. Got  a few more towels and went home. Several times
friends have taken me out to  find a shower mat to match that light blue.
Actually, cornflower blue.  Nothing!!! Plus Janet was here tonight and
wondered what made Joyce think  that blue even matched. lol I figured out
that Joyce suggested tan and I  turned my blind nose up to that. Tan is
boring!!! 

Well, Janet took  the towels, at least I didn't use these and the rug back
and I am sure she  will come home with tan.

Now, I see a few friends thinking, "why should  I bother taking her out if
she just uses something else?". and I still have  the problem with my
dissapointment with plain boring tan. I never thought  the day would come
that I would hate color. 
Henrietta
On Apr 8,  2014, at 4:08 PM, Cathy wrote:

> Joyce,
> Yes, some sighted  folks have the knack of identifying colors and some do
not. some folks  know
> easily if two colors go together while others are clueless. I  used to ask
my daughter to identify
> what colors things were for me  till I realized the hopelessness of doing
so. Here is a typical
>  conversation smile.
> Me: what color is this?
> Her: blue.
>  Me: what shade?
> Her: medium I guess.
> Me: is it a plain blue or  perhaps blue/green or blue/violet?
> Her: <large sigh> I don't  know mom, it is blue ok?
> 
> Why it is most frustrating is that I  was good at seeing the subtleties of
color before losing my
> sight,  despite the fact that I had very little sight. so it is difficult
for me to  understand how
> someone can't do this. The closest I can get to it is  that I can't taste
individual spices in food.
> Food is either spicy  or plain. Just plain red or blue! <smile>
> 
> Even more  perplexing is that my daughter can match colors and know what
goes together  and what does
> not look right. Maybe she just doesn't have the words,  or maybe just
doesn't have the patience.
> Cathy F
> 
>  
> 
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