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This is impossible. Blind people since birth have no thoughts about colors. So you can't compare green with other colors, and you can't say things like "Green is what you feel when ______". It's impossible.

Jonathanpb wrote:

what-the wrote:

find a wall thats facing the sun and paint it with lost of colors (green of course) and when they run their hand over the colors call the color out and then they will know what green is (different temp to the other colors)

That's the best idea possible... but they don't know the actual look. But brilliant idea! 

Yeah... they know the temperature instead. But I love the idea anyway!

It sprouts life, if bright, and is the color you see in your dreams.

Jonathanpb wrote:

This is impossible. Blind people since birth have no thoughts about colors. So you can't compare green with other colors, and you can't say things like "Green is what you feel when ______". It's impossible.

True-they have no thoughts about it...yet. But if we explain it right, it is most definetly possible. 

TheSaint wrote:

You hooka computer up to there brain and program to color green into ti. Its most definitaly possible.

How is this answer good? Oh well, everyone's opinions are different. Some just aren't good though.

Tigerkidcub wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

This is impossible. Blind people since birth have no thoughts about colors. So you can't compare green with other colors, and you can't say things like "Green is what you feel when ______". It's impossible.

True-they have no thoughts about it...yet. But if we explain it right, it is most definetly possible. 

No, because they will have no idea. It may seem odd to you, but imagine if you were told to learn about the - let's say eigth dimension. How would we understand it? We don't know much about the fourth at all, let alone sixth and seventh. How would we understand?

Something else to point out is that people can't imagine colors. Try it! You just can't. To a blind person, they would have no idea what colors there were, of a full range; but they may see colors and not recognize them.
Think about when you close your eyes. You see colors moving about, or just a solid block. That's color! But who knows what a blind person sees? They would most likely see something different than the interior of their eyelids. To find out, ask a recently blinded person what its like... but I don't know what they see. 

Overall, this is an interesting discussion!

Chrischb wrote:

Tigerkidcub wrote:

Jonathanpb wrote:

This is impossible. Blind people since birth have no thoughts about colors. So you can't compare green with other colors, and you can't say things like "Green is what you feel when ______". It's impossible.

True-they have no thoughts about it...yet. But if we explain it right, it is most definetly possible. 

No, because they will have no idea. It may seem odd to you, but imagine if you were told to learn about the - let's say eigth dimension. How would we understand it? We don't know much about the fourth at all, let alone sixth and seventh. How would we understand?

Something else to point out is that people can't imagine colors. Try it! You just can't. To a blind person, they would have no idea what colors there were, of a full range; but they may see colors and not recognize them.
Think about when you close your eyes. You see colors moving about, or just a solid block. That's color! But who knows what a blind person sees? They would most likely see something different than the interior of their eyelids. To find out, ask a recently blinded person what its like... but I don't know what they see. 

Overall, this is an interesting discussion!

Yeah, and you skipped the 5th dimension because we understand it perfectly.

It is Impossible!

what-the wrote:

find a wall thats facing the sun and paint it with lost of colors (green of course) and when they run their hand over the colors call the color out and then they will know what green is (different temp to the other colors)

Pinochio, you should add this, it's probably the most logical way (and possible way).

if you're blind yes...

vgman20 wrote:

hmmm...first i would explain: colors are what fill the things of the world. they give them identity.the blank nothingness you see is black. now imagine things brighter. things more lively. those are colors.

Then i would tell them:
green is grass.
green is trees.
green is cucumbers and pickles and some apples.
green can be bright, it can be dark.
green can change, green can flow.
green is the world.
green is us

woah i just reread that, now i feel so philisophical :p

Your answer is good.

Penguinsrock wrote:

if you're blind yes...

What does that mean?