[Nfb-krafters-korner] color identifier

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Sounds like labeling yarn is the way to go if an identifyer is not more
reliable than that.  With crafts you can not make a mistake on colors or
your project is a flop.  
Terry
 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Evans [mailto:drevans at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:45 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] color identifier

Dear Joyce,

That works great until she tries to check the blue water in the toilet.
Ha ha ha, grin.

Color identifiers have their own light source for checking the color
spectrum.  You need to put it right against the thing you are checking.
Sometimes putting a cardboard tube from the toilet paper, over the
identifier, to cut out any other light sources can make them more
accurate.
Some identifiers do not have as many color choices in their software and
are therefore limited in their spectrum range.
For these you will need to keep examples to gage them against to judge
which way they go on the color wheel.  You get what you pay for.

David Evans, NFBF


----- Original Message -----
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] color identifier


>I had taken it along with me a couple of weeks back when sitting on my
> Granddaughters.  I had the 4 year old and the 3 month old.  I fired up

> the color
> identifier and gave it to the 4 year old.  I told her she had to
teach 
> this
> machine what the colors were.  It kept her busy for a good hour  as
she 
> ran
> around and listened to what color it said it was and I would hear her 
> say, good
> job you have that one right or No, that is purple not blue!
>
> I knew where she was and basically what she was doing.  As soon as she

> got
> quiet for more than 5 minutes I knew I had to get up and go ask what
she 
> was
> doing.
>
> A great tool for a blind Grandma.
>
> Joyce
>
>
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