If your friend was born blind how would you describe to him the color blue?

Question

If your friend was born blind how would you describe to him the color blue?

Answer 1

i would tell him it sometimes represents the color of the sky, or the color of water. i'd explain to him that it also sometimes indicates cleanliness & clearness.. but sometimes, certain shades of blue can indicate the feeling of sadness..

i think i would have to explain it to him with what blue represents and means, instead of how blue LOOKS.

Answer 2

It is cold, like ice. But in the right eyes it can be warm as a flame. Only the best things are blue - the feeling that you've done something good; that is blue. The notes of your favorite music; they are blue. To be blue would be a prestigious gift. Blue is a necessity, it is the water that gives us life and it is in the eyes of new life. God is blue.

Answer 3

i would bring him to the beach and say the waves of the ocean that you hear is the color blue just like the sky.

Answer 4

I would tell him, "The ocean is clear, the sun reflecting off of it, as waves sparkle and dance."

Answer 5

i would not even try.  impossible.  all interpretation is mine and i could get it wrong.

Answer 6

I would tell my friend that I simply cannot describe a colour to him.  None of the suggestions here are adequate, and indeed no suggestion could ever be adequate, since you simply can't describe a colour.

Answer 7

by playing the BLUES! duuuhhhh!

i mean they have a music genre named after the color, can't get more easier than that!

Answer 8

it would be easier to explain how blue can make you feel, and what it brings to mind.

it might be easier to explain the colour red, as that colour which is both love and hate, and fire. passion basically,

and then explain that blue is the opposite of that, calm, and cool. water.

Answer 9

I will try to take my friend out and raise my blind friend's arm upward and describe that its the skies, That is blue..

Answer 10

like soft silk (-:

Answer 11

The thinnest places of skin on the body, the eyelids, lips, etc.  They have the feel and texture of blue.

Answer 12

I would take my friend outside and let the cool breeze blow

upon their face, and say that's what the color blue feels like.

It's very cool and refreshing.

Answer 13

I would bring him to the ocean and say " Do you hear that sound, that is the waves of the ocean, it's also the sound of the color blue."