[Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

Wed Apr 9 19:27:27 UTC 2014

This also happens to me all the time.
                        Beverly

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From: "Dixie" <cobaltblueheron at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 6:31 PM
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] finding good crafting eyes

> 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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