[stylist] Question about color and blindness

[Lynda Lambert]

I am sure not the person who can respond to this.
Color is loaded with meaning - to those who can see it.
But, I have no idea of what a person who has never seen a color would 
experience. I would never attempt to speak for anyone else on this question. 
It is a good question, and I don't think it should be sensitive - it would 
be interesting to learn how another person would experience color.  My 
friend, Sonja, has been blind from birth. She speaks of color a lot when 
describing things. But one day she said to me, "When I talk about blue, you 
realize that I have no concept of what blue really is, don't you? I know the 
words that are blue words, but I do not know really what blue is."
 I have no idea on this one.

Lynda





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:28 PM
Subject: [stylist] Question about color and blindness


> Okay, I tread carefully here. Since I wasn't always blind, I have
> questions myself. So here I go...
>
> Can a person who has never been able to see truly have a favorite color,
> or can they really know what they like in art?
>
> I apologize if this is insensitive and stupid. I'm just curious, and
> maybe I'm not wording it correctly.
>
> Bridgit
>
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> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:31:23 -0400
> From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Sharing a pantoum -Adding Color to your work
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> thanks, Mary Jo. Color holds so much history and meaning, and the really
>
> interesting thing is that a particular color will change meaning with
> different time periods - the same color will be called by a different
> name,
> accroding to the times. Like everything else in life, it is ever
> changing.
> But, each color has it's own character and holds meaning.
>
> I enjoyed thinking about this early this morning before I started off on
> my
> day.
> Lynda
>
>
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