[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want To Know Wednesday

[Dani Pagador]

Found this article while Googling for info on the tactile color wheel.

http://www.tactilecolor.com/

I'm trying to wrap my head around it. I sort of get it ... associating
the fabric and the firmness under it with a color and its
lightness/darkness. It kinda works, except ...

I can see myself doing it and having the appropriate fabric, just not
in the preferred color, then telling someone sighted "This is a ..."
and hearing the pause, then the "Uh, OK. That's nice ..." Their
working eyes would get in the way, in both my way and their mind's
eye's way. *sigh*

Ah, well.

More Later,
Dani

On 3/16/17, Dani Pagador <daniknits at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Everyone.
> I remember back in the late '90s either reading an article in the
> Monitor or listening to it on one of the JOBS cassettes about a blind
> florist. She used her sense of touch to create the arrangements, and
> used a color wheel someone had made tactile for her to help with color
> choices. Hmm ... color wheel ... another thing to ask D.H. to help me
> do. Oh, how I love that man!!! His latest enabling tool is a wooden
> butter cutting guide with three sides and seven slits so I can get the
> tablespoon measurement just right. There'll be more cookies and pies
> in his future, much to the doctor's chagrin.
>
> More Later,
> Dani
>
> On 3/16/17, Cathy Flesher via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hello Nella and all,
>>
>> I must preface my answer by saying that what I miss most about having no
>> sight at all, is the ability to see colors. When I was young I used to
>> love
>> to crayon, use oils and paints to make colorful abstract  designs.
>> Obviously, I can't do that anymore. But the colors and their hues are
>> still
>> very clear in my mind. It is now my imagination I use to create my
>> paintings. I see the blue of the sky on a crisp fall day, the green of
>> spring grass, the yellow of a dandelion, the orange of a pumpkin, the red
>> of
>> an apple, and the violet of the sky at sunset. My mind shapes the colors
>> into designs that  I really enjoy seeing in my mind's eye, taking shape.
>>
>> Another thing I used to love to do was to read the yarn description on
>> the
>> Lion Brand website and picture them in my mind, especially the
>> variegations.
>> But now the color descriptions are no longer available so I do not have
>> that
>> to enjoy anymore. I can remember when I was a teenager, having a
>> variegated
>> rainbow yarn. so bright with every color of the rainbow. I can still see
>> it
>> in my mind. Unfortunately I have only one friend who is able to
>> adequately
>> describe colors to my satisfaction, but thank God for her!
>>
>> So I purchase my yarn and hope that what is in my mind is actually what
>> is
>> in my hands as I knit and crochet.
>>
>> I would also like to say that I have found it impossible to adequately
>> describe what a color is like to a totally blind person. the vest I could
>> do
>> was to tell my husband to imagine the scent of a lemon for yellow and so
>> on.
>> But that does not at all describe the variety of shades and tones. in the
>> colors, which I find to be a sad thing, that he will never remember what
>> colors looked like. he lost his sight too early in life to remember
>> seeing
>> anything but light.
>>
>> Well enough babbling.
>>
>> Your questions are quite thought-provoking Nella and I appreciate you
>> posting them.
>>
>> Have a great day!!
>> Cathy F
>>
>>
>>
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