[nfbmi-talk] Fwd: Colors Question

Mon Jan 2 19:40:58 UTC 2012

Interesting.  I like purple and blue and pink and reds to only wear
black all the time.    Would definitely solve the problem of color
though.

On 1/2/12, jeff c <jeffanel at gmail.com> wrote:
> woowowowowowo that is coolw
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>> Did you know that in desert countries like Saudi Arabia, they wear dark
>> colors?  They do this but wear them loosely.  It is supposed to help them
>> stay cool.  Something about the dark colors absorbing some of the heat
>> before it gets to the body.
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>>>I hope not during the summar, would that get kind of hot?
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>>>>I wear all black every day.  It gives people something to talk about.
>>>>
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>>>>> From: Laura White <lewhite86 at gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: January 2, 2012 12:12:00 AM EST
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>>>>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Colors Question
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>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Teri,
>>>>> I solve this 2 ways sometimes three but its escaping me as to what my
>>>>> third option is if the first 2 should fail.
>>>>> firstly,  I deal with pants.  Since I primarily wear blue jeans or
>>>>> Kakhi pants there is nothing that doesn't really match that.  Besides
>>>>> certain patterned things like argile for example which is a diamond
>>>>> pattern of sorts. Now with blue jeans if they are a traditional blue I
>>>>> just toss any old shirt on top.  The color to me doesn't so much
>>>>> matter.  For socks I have white socks for casual wear and they are
>>>>> different than my black socks for dress wear.
>>>>> With kahki pants if I am wearing black on bottom for my pant I wear
>>>>> black, white pink or  light blue on top.  One way this is achieved is
>>>>> by cutting the tag out of my black shirts and leaving the tags in my
>>>>> pink, white, or light blue shirts.
>>>>> Some colors like black and navy blue do not mix and its just hard to
>>>>> know unless you have been told.
>>>>> When I wear skirts especially I pair a skirt and sweater or top
>>>>> together and I make sure to ask what color shoes match.  A general
>>>>> rule of thumb is that you want the skirt to match the shoes and or you
>>>>> want the shirt and shoes to match. So as an example I will wear a
>>>>> black skirt with a light pink top and black heals.
>>>>> Color as a blind person is something that you have to work at being
>>>>> familiar with.  I personally like jeans and pullover sweaters or kakhi
>>>>> pants and a nice shirt so I don't have to dress up often.  When I shop
>>>>> for clothing I try to pick solid colors and things that can be worn
>>>>> with either jeans or kakhi.  I go so far as to ask the person I'm
>>>>> shopping with if the top I want can be worn with either.
>>>>> As for labeling colors on clothing?  Perhaps sew a button in to all
>>>>> your blue things and then sew a bead in to the hem of your red things.
>>>>> I never have done this but I here it can be useful.
>>>>> Hope this helps. Going to stop talking now.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/31/11, trising at sbcglobal.net <trising at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Dear Federation Family:
>>>>>>    Since all of you were so helpful with my candle question, I thought
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> would pose another one. How do all of you understand and deal with
>>>>>> color, as
>>>>>> far as matching clothes. Please do not misunderstand me. I am sure I
>>>>>> do not
>>>>>> go around in unmatched things. However, the way I solve this is by
>>>>>> having my
>>>>>> mom or sister in law or a friend assist me with matching things
>>>>>> together.  I
>>>>>> put the pants over the bottom of the hanger, and put the sweater on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> hanger like the hanger is wearing the shirt in the conventional
>>>>>> fashion.
>>>>>> Then, I make sure I know something tactual about the outfit so that I
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> always put it back together after washing. It might be a particular
>>>>>> waistband on the pants, or the particular material that the sweater is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> made
>>>>>> of. However, I would not mix things around because I would not know if
>>>>>>
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> match. At one time, I had those metal color tags and used these with
>>>>>> safety
>>>>>> pins, but I do not really like them. They have many colors in the tags
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> I do not use, and too few of standard things like black and blue. Who
>>>>>> has
>>>>>> gold clothes for instance? The other reason I do not like them is
>>>>>> that,
>>>>>> since I have been blind from birth, and I know there are different
>>>>>> shades of
>>>>>> colors, having a tag on clothing does not really help me know what it
>>>>>> goes
>>>>>> with. My method of always wearing the same things together that I have
>>>>>>
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> sighted assistance to put together seems the most safe. Mom has said
>>>>>> that a
>>>>>> few outfits could be interchanged, but when I do this she will
>>>>>> inevitably
>>>>>> say that the two things I chose do not go together. How do other
>>>>>> totally
>>>>>> blind people match, and more than that, how do you understand color
>>>>>> enough
>>>>>> to be able to make independent choices?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Terri Wilcox
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