Topic: How Do You Explain "Red"
newarkjw's photo
Sun 09/06/09 01:42 PM

why would someone who is blind want to know what red looked like?

instead i would tell them what something that was red looked like.

thats how we all learned what red was.

i would describe a rose. a stop sign. blood. the coca cola symbol. target

things like that



They would have no frame of refeence. Hmmmmmmmmmm.......smokin

earthytaurus76's photo
Sun 09/06/09 01:43 PM
Id say. Re- d

Rrrrreed. :smile:

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Sun 09/06/09 01:43 PM


why would someone who is blind want to know what red looked like?

instead i would tell them what something that was red looked like.

thats how we all learned what red was.

i would describe a rose. a stop sign. blood. the coca cola symbol. target

things like that



Well i think its possible to feel color, and theres nothing wrong with stimulating the imagination of a blind person.


then i think you misunderstood what i was saying

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Sun 09/06/09 01:47 PM
if i told a blind person what red looked like

what would they do with that knowledge?

they cannot feel red
they cannot touch red
they cannot sense red
they cannot see red


but they can feel, touch and sense everything else i said [they can touch a rose and a can of coke - they can walk in target - while in a car when they feel their body stopping they know they are at a stop sign and they can feel their blood]....and if i described it well enough they would then know those things were red and that would be stimulating beyond any means

newarkjw's photo
Sun 09/06/09 01:53 PM

if i told a blind person what red looked like

what would they do with that knowledge?

they cannot feel red
they cannot touch red
they cannot sense red
they cannot see red


but they can feel, touch and sense everything else i said [they can touch a rose and a can of coke - they can walk in target - while in a car when they feel their body stopping they know they are at a stop sign and they can feel their blood]....and if i described it well enough they would then know those things were red and that would be stimulating beyond any means


Brother I understand your point. It would be useless knowledge to them......smokin

earthytaurus76's photo
Sun 09/06/09 01:54 PM
Thank God I can see.

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Sun 09/06/09 01:56 PM

Thank God I can see.



ET if you couldnt see I would tell you blue looked like purple and orange was greenlaugh :tongue:

earthytaurus76's photo
Sun 09/06/09 01:59 PM


Thank God I can see.



ET if you couldnt see I would tell you blue looked like purple and orange was greenlaugh :tongue:


Id report you for blind people abuse. Id just make stuff up.

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Sun 09/06/09 02:01 PM
Edited by BillySuvol on Sun 09/06/09 02:02 PM


if i told a blind person what red looked like

what would they do with that knowledge?

they cannot feel red
they cannot touch red
they cannot sense red
they cannot see red


but they can feel, touch and sense everything else i said [they can touch a rose and a can of coke - they can walk in target - while in a car when they feel their body stopping they know they are at a stop sign and they can feel their blood]....and if i described it well enough they would then know those things were red and that would be stimulating beyond any means


Brother I understand your point. It would be useless knowledge to them......smokin




well...right

you said it a lot more hardcore then i would have...

i mean the way I said to do it would be "useless" too

whether you go left and then right..or right and then left, you still will get there

i just think if im gonna try and teach them what "red" is i would do it that way...

i didnt mean any negativity to the question, blind people or women in generalbigsmile :banana: :laughing:

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Sun 09/06/09 02:01 PM



Thank God I can see.



ET if you couldnt see I would tell you blue looked like purple and orange was greenlaugh :tongue:


Id report you for blind people abuse. Id just make stuff up.


smitten flowerforyou

earthytaurus76's photo
Sun 09/06/09 02:05 PM

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Sun 09/06/09 02:09 PM

Red.....the taste of chili....

red...the sound of the crackle of fire....

red....the taste of the deep long kiss..

red...the smell of the summer rose

red...the feel of velvet against the cheek.




Red to the blind...


good answerflowerforyou

Dan99's photo
Sun 09/06/09 02:12 PM
You dont explain it. They are blind, they dont need to beable to distinguish different colours.

Just tell them everything is black.

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Sun 09/06/09 02:14 PM


Red.....the taste of chili....

red...the sound of the crackle of fire....

red....the taste of the deep long kiss..

red...the smell of the summer rose

red...the feel of velvet against the cheek.




Red to the blind...


good answerflowerforyou


chili isnt red tho...i see orange when i think of chili..or maybe orange-brown

and a the crackle of a fire? how does a sound emenate color?

and a long deep kiss to me is wet...not red...so that would be blue if anything

and the smell of a summer rose? summer roses? i see white yellow pink orange pastels when u say summer rose

and velvet against the cheek??? velvet is purple!


slaphead


ya know what? im walking away from this

sagacious22's photo
Sun 09/06/09 02:26 PM
It is said that when one loses a sense their other senses are more keen, who says they can't feel, smell, or hear a color? We can all see red and yet we can't describe it, so that means it gets interpreted differently by everyone.

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Sun 09/06/09 03:14 PM

It is said that when one loses a sense their other senses are more keen, who says they can't feel, smell, or hear a color? We can all see red and yet we can't describe it, so that means it gets interpreted differently by everyone.


I think hearing colors would be interesting....

Dan99's photo
Sun 09/06/09 03:16 PM


It is said that when one loses a sense their other senses are more keen, who says they can't feel, smell, or hear a color? We can all see red and yet we can't describe it, so that means it gets interpreted differently by everyone.


I think hearing colors would be interesting....



Brown sounds like PPPFFFTTTTTTTSPLUURRRRTTT!

Jess642's photo
Sun 09/06/09 03:17 PM



Red.....the taste of chili....

red...the sound of the crackle of fire....

red....the taste of the deep long kiss..

red...the smell of the summer rose

red...the feel of velvet against the cheek.




Red to the blind...


good answerflowerforyou


chili isnt red tho...i see orange when i think of chili..or maybe orange-brown

and a the crackle of a fire? how does a sound emenate color?

and a long deep kiss to me is wet...not red...so that would be blue if anything

and the smell of a summer rose? summer roses? i see white yellow pink orange pastels when u say summer rose

and velvet against the cheek??? velvet is purple!


slaphead


ya know what? im walking away from this



Ahhh Billy..... you have those sensory attachments to the colours that you SEE...have seen...have learnt...through your eyes..


Take away those 'colours' and FEEL them...they give a different form when FELT over seen.


Jess642's photo
Sun 09/06/09 03:21 PM



It is said that when one loses a sense their other senses are more keen, who says they can't feel, smell, or hear a color? We can all see red and yet we can't describe it, so that means it gets interpreted differently by everyone.


I think hearing colors would be interesting....



Brown sounds like PPPFFFTTTTTTTSPLUURRRRTTT!


Brown.....the taste of chocolate

brown...the smell of fresh ground coffee

brown.... the feel of rich damp soil

brown...the sound of the bushland.

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Sun 09/06/09 03:30 PM
"Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain", 1973 details experiments with people 'feeling colors' rather than 'seeing' them.