How do you explain color to someone who is blind?
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analogsurfer15 said:Scraped this from the web: It’s actually been confirmed that colors affect us whether we can see them in real-time or not. The whole reason behind it is that colors can send out specific vibrations. Back in Russia, they ran some studies with blind people where they were presented with certain colors. Red was usually described as being warm, rough, restless, or even "rattly"... meanwhile, blind participants always described blue as smooth and cold, even though the researchers used the exact same materials with identical temperatures and textures.
I remember seeing a movie on TV once about a blind girl and a guy who fell for her. To explain colors to her, he would have her feel things—an ice cube represented blue, a hot cup of tea was red... interesting, right?