[stylist] {Disarmed} Vision Through Words post: Colors

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This is the post I was refering to in my reply to Chris a minute ago.
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visionthroughwords posted: "by Fred Nikkl I was riding the elevator down
from the Second Sense blind services organization where I volunteer and
happened to hear two people discussing the new colors there office was being
painted.  Now it has been over fifty years since I have been" 

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by Fred Nikkl

I was riding the elevator down from the Second Sense blind services
organization where I volunteer and happened to hear two people discussing
the new colors there office was being painted.  Now it has been over fifty
years since I have been able to see colors so their interest in the color
scheme of their office didn't hold much interest for me.  Later, it occurred
to me that not being interested in color could be considered to be a little
strange.  We are surrounded by color wherever we go.  Everyone has an
opinion about the colors around them.  Just because I can't see the colors
around me shouldn't mean they are not of interest to me.  The problem for me
is that my memories of color have faded over the years since I have been
blind.  What is blue?  For that matter, what do all the colors look like?
My memory of green, for example, conjures up particular memories.  I picture
the dress greens I wore in the army.  Of course, that is only one shade of
green.  How many others are there?  How can I compare one shade to another
when considering the color of my shirt or anything else for that matter?  My
color identifier gives a name to everything I try it on but that doesn't
tell me enough about the particular shade the color is. Some blind people
only wear certain colors just to be on the safe side but that seems kind of
boring to me.  I have been lucky to always have someone to take shopping
with me so I have some idea of the colors I am buying.  The problem with
that is that everyone has a different idea of how different colors go
together.  One person says I look good in a certain shade of blue and the
next person says something different.  Maybe there isn't a definitive answer
to the color question.  

I think I will choose a particular shade of blue and use it as a basic color
for my color choices. Being a man, this will be a lot easier than if I were
a woman!

Fred Nikkl is 69 years old and has fun writing.  e lost his sight when he
was a young adult but has never let that stop him from being a good dad,
grandfather, friend, advocate for the blind and generally nice guy.
Blindness has also never stopped his love for adventure, including dabbling
in writing.  His previously posted story on Vision Through Words called Hope
will be appearing on the Magnets and Ladders website for writers with
disabilities.

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