New Posts For Thread: How do you explain colour to a blind person?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-personSorry, this isn't the start of a joke.If the person has been blind all of their life, would explaining colour to them be impossible?Put a hot rock in their hand and say its red and when it cools down it will be pink etc(Courtesy of the motion picture 'Mask')https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506498#418506498Put a hot rock in their hand and say its red and when it cools down it will be pink etc(Courtesy of the motion picture 'Mask')Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:05:27 -0600Being seriopus on the matter. I am blind in one eye. I can say with some degree of certainty that the description of colour (which is merely reflected light) to a blind person would be irrelevant. The idea of red being a 'warm/hot colour whilst bluehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506462#418506462Being seriopus on the matter. I am blind in one eye. I can say with some degree of certainty that the description of colour (which is merely reflected light) to a blind person would be irrelevant. The idea of red being a 'warm/hot colour whilst blueSat, 09 Jan 2010 16:30:43 -0600That should be 'couln't'.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506446#418506446That should be 'couln't'.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:18:34 -0600Why would one suppose that Stevie Wonder could think of somebnody as beautiful? Are we to assume that beauty is a purely visionary attribute? Prob\bly the worst way possible to judge beauty. :-(https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506438#418506438Why would one suppose that Stevie Wonder could think of somebnody as beautiful? Are we to assume that beauty is a purely visionary attribute? Prob\bly the worst way possible to judge beauty. :-(Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:17:31 -0600A question answered a million times. You describe colours in terms of the other 4 senses.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506322#418506322A question answered a million times. You describe colours in terms of the other 4 senses.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:26:32 -0600what about the blind man who had a near death experience.saw himself on the operating table.and explained all about the operation etcprob a diff subject (sorry)but truehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506318#418506318what about the blind man who had a near death experience.saw himself on the operating table.and explained all about the operation etcprob a diff subject (sorry)but trueSat, 09 Jan 2010 15:26:07 -0600Interesting question - From a different angle, how was Stevie Wonder able to write about beautiful women, flowers, sunny days etc, without ever having visualised them ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506310#418506310Interesting question - From a different angle, how was Stevie Wonder able to write about beautiful women, flowers, sunny days etc, without ever having visualised them ?Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:10:37 -0600Why would blind need to ''understand'' colour anyway ? If it's not part of their experience -it's superfluous. I've heard of many of the modern concepts in physics -I can live a perfectly adequate life knowing that they're there -even though I don'thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418506302#418506302Why would blind need to ''understand'' colour anyway ? If it's not part of their experience -it's superfluous. I've heard of many of the modern concepts in physics -I can live a perfectly adequate life knowing that they're there -even though I don'tSat, 09 Jan 2010 14:29:49 -0600HG Wells "The country of the blind" a great readhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418505994#418505994HG Wells "The country of the blind" a great readSat, 09 Jan 2010 05:32:34 -0600Can we try and explain, using metaphors and similes? Yes. Can they really understand the experience of light? No.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441242/how-do-you-explain-colour-to-a-blind-person?post_id=418505990#418505990Can we try and explain, using metaphors and similes? Yes. Can they really understand the experience of light? No.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:21:10 -0600