[Nfb-krafters-korner] shades of color explored

[Dixie]

This list instantly brought to mind those various colors for me.  Having
been sighted, and now totally blind it is difficult to describe color and I
have been on both sides of the vision spectrum.  When I was sighted, I know
there is no way I would have been able to properly describe color to someone
who is blind.  Someone I know who has been blind all her life thinks of
green as a cool color.  That is because someone sighted told her green is
like grass and leaves.  Both of which are cool to the touch.  I though think
of the green of grass as a bright and vivid color, not cool at all.  On the
other hand, the dark green of an evergreen would make me think of a cool
color.  

To add to that, people describe and see colors differently.  I will ask
someone the color of a shirt, mark it so I know what I am wearing, and then
someone else will tell me it is a completely different color than the first
person said.

I have learned to take a poll of what color the shirt is.

I also ask the person to compare it to something I know the color of.

For example the other day I was wearing a shirt I had marked as orange.  I
don't wear orange, so think it must be salmon or melon in color.  When I
confirmed with my husband the color he told me that the shirt was pink.
Pink?  So, now I wonder if my daughter helped me mark it the first time.  I
wonder if there is any yellow in that shirt and it is in fact on the orange
side of pink.

The other things is things are definitely different colors in different
types of lighting.  Natural sunlight, incandescent light, and florescent
light will produce distinctively different colors on the same item.

When we were shopping for paint for the trim on the house, we brought into
the store a piece of the vinyl siding.  The color samples under that
florescent light were completely different colors than they were once
brought outside and put against the outside wall of the house.

In order to get the best results from your color identifiers my suggestion
is to take the item in question to a window and then use the identifier.
You will get the best and most accurate lighting there...  well, that is
assuming it is during the day, in the daylight.


Dixie
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Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 7:36 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] shades of brown explored

Hello all,

As usual, my active and curious mind has me researching on the internet. I
was meditating on the many shades of the color brown. Some of these shades I
can remember seeing and others I cannot. So here is a partial list of browns
and their descriptions for your own enjoyment and meditation. Personally, I
have a headache now. <grin>
Why do I have a headache you ask? Well examine this list and you will notice
that some of the colors have the same descriptions. hmm, how many yellowish
browns can there be; or are they all the same shade with different names? oh
my, and the same goes for reddish brown colors. <sigh> please pass the
Advil. Oh thanks so much.

Btw, people have described my hair color as either seal or mink brown. It is
a dark brown but I have no idea what a seal or mink looks like for that
matter. Hmm, are both animals the same shade of brown, or which of these
animals do I share my hair color with?  <LOLL>

Browns

Auburn is a dark reddish- brown color, often used to describe hair color.
Beige is a slightly yellowish gray color, as that of unbleached wool.
Bister (or bister is a mid-to-dark warm brown, with a yellowish cast.
Buff is a pale, brownish yellow color.
Burnt sienna is a dark reddish brown color, like that of roasted sienna.
Copper is a reddish-brown.
Liver is a dark brown chocolate color.
Maroon is a dark red, somewhat brownish, color. 
Mahogany is a reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany.
Russet is a brown color with a reddish tinge.
Rust is a reddish- brown color.
Seal brown is a rich dark brown color.
Sepia is a dark brown-grey color
Tan is a brownish, tawny color.
Tawny is a light brown to brownish orange color
Umber is a natural brown or reddish-brown earth pigment.
Walnut is a Dark brown color, the color of walnut wood.
Wheat is a light brown color, like that of wheat

Cathy F



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