Question

I have heard that blind people see nothing - not even Black.

I want to know what the correct description of "nothing" is. Is it a color? If not a color, then what is it?

Answer 1

you do see black. but it's pitch black. like going into a cave with out a light

Answer 2

I have no experience with blindness, but I'd imagine it would depend on the kind of blindness: some people are legally blind but can still see some things, e.g. the difference between light and dark.

As for those who truly cannot see anything, e.g. people who were born without eyes... again, I have no personal experience, but they probably just lack that sense. Think about it: how much of the Earth's magnetic field can you detect right now? Probably none of it. Birds, however, can detect it with magnetite in their beaks, and may even be able to SEE it with cryptochromes in their eyes. From their perspective, you would be "blind". But your magnetic blindness doesn't mean you can detect a weak field, a strong field, a field going in any given direction... you can't even detect the LACK of a field, because to do that, you'd need to know what a magnetic field looks or feels like. It means you can't detect anything, at all.

Answer 3

I see. That was a nice answer.