Can the blind dream in color?
First, I must postulate why and how colors are brought into dreaming: Colors are typically utilized to amplify images within dreams. Every colors has a certain empathy associated with it and certain objects and scenarios in the world are always associated with a certain color (ie. The Red Cross). Thus, when we see certain depictions within our dreams, our memories will immediately impart the colors into the dream because we believe that they should be there. When the colors are empathetic, it is to portray a certain feeling (ie. Red = anger). Also, colors are implemented into dreams by our memories of the colors, they are not received or projected visually, they are simply memories. The best way to elucidate this is to ask this question, “When you remember things you did years ago, do you usually remember them in color?” The answer, typically, is no – unless the color played a significant role in the memory. This is the same case with dreams, as dreams are the manifestation of thoughts
