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How do you explain color to someone...

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adamlukowski
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That's blind....

I don't know if Brother ali is blind or not, but he says something about Being blind, and then continues to say "youre all the same color to me though".

So this got me thinking how do you explain color to someone that can't see...

Nov 19 2010 11:20PM
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1337
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I dont think hes blind, but I LOVE that song
Nov 19 2010 11:22PM
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Black.Bird
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Good question but it's probably impossible.
Same with in what language do deaf people think in?
Nov 19 2010 11:22PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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light waves bending at different frequencies
Nov 19 2010 11:23PM
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fsscott
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How do you imagine a sound you haven't heard?

Same principle really... unless you could relate colours to sounds you couldnt' really do it.
Nov 19 2010 11:24PM
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huge-go
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I think some things are beyond words. I believe colour is one of those things.
Nov 19 2010 11:24PM
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hoodratz47
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ali was saying that he dont se white black yellow green people .. just peoples! DUH
Nov 19 2010 11:29PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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He's not blind, just has mega shitty vision. Imagine a mole rat...
Nov 19 2010 11:34PM
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ryantheconnolly
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what i really dont get is how helen keller learned to talk if she was also deaf
Nov 19 2010 11:39PM
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7-3instacall
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helen is super human

Nov 19 2010 11:54PM
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Schlop
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Pretty sure it's just a metaphor regarding race..
Nov 20 2010 12:07AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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colour blind?
Nov 20 2010 12:12AM
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tBatt
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This. Legally blind doesn't necessarily mean you can't see anything.

Nov 20 2010 12:14AM
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I.Am.Lorde.
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EndThread.
Nov 20 2010 12:17AM
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marley-skis
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DUDE she never learned to talk. she just babbled and screamed. haha
Nov 20 2010 12:22AM
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Anathema
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it'd be really hard to explain, but i'd try to describe it by comparing it to the the timbre of musical sound. color does to our eyes what sound does to our ears, in a sense. some colors are cheerful and soothing, others are dark and dreary. we can combine colors just like musicians combine sounds to deliver a certain emotion or create a certain atmosphere. some colors compliment each other, like sounds do, and others really stand out..

i'd probably take it in that direction, rather than trying to explain how light is emitted or reflected from an object at various wavelengths, bla bla blaa

Nov 20 2010 12:39AM
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factory81
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give them acid and just see what happens.
Nov 20 2010 12:47AM
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Peter.
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yeah i looked it up, brother ali is legally blind
Nov 20 2010 12:47AM
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[tk]
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yea i had a discussion about this with my cousin a while ago, we basically decided red and orange are warm like the sun, blue is refreshing and and clear like the sky, etc.

but thats all i can remember, maybe someone wants to continue this
Nov 20 2010 3:22AM
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ski93
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Well, according to Newton if you shine white light through a prism dispersion occurs and different colours are diffracted at different angles because of their various wavelengths. That's just off the top of my head but yeah that's the approach i'd probably take.
Nov 20 2010 3:27AM
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Conker
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its actually light waves AT different frequenices. I am color deficit. I think poeple who are completely color blind just see shapes but at all different shades of a dark color. just guessing tho, even tho you cant see color you can still see shapes and forms? like black and white movies. like you can still see whats going on you just cant tell what color that shit is.
Nov 20 2010 3:33AM
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babysteeze84
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This also boggles my mind, she overcame so much and did so much to help others - think of what she could have accomplished if she could see and hear?
Nov 20 2010 3:36AM
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ski93
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i'm pretty sure the frequencies stay the same and the wavelengths change, I could be wrong though.
Nov 20 2010 3:36AM
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Conker
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lambda=v/f
wavelength= velocity divided by frequecy.
so the frequencies do not stay the same
Nov 20 2010 3:44AM
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k-rob
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exactly. you murderer.
Nov 20 2010 3:46AM
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Conker
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Nov 20 2010 3:46AM
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TheReverend
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Deaf People would probably think in ASL. They would just think in motion rather than words.
Nov 20 2010 3:56AM
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