How do You Sense Color?

What sense do you use when interacting with a color? Your eyes? Your ears? Or maybe even your sense of smell?

Most humans utilize their sense of sight when a color is involved. But did you know that Dogs can smell color? And Bats can hear color? And there are some humans who can feel color.
But how is this possible you ask?
It is my belief that everything in this world is made up of vibrational energy. Different people, animals, and inanimate objects vibrate at different frequencies. This would also include color. Different colors have different densities and will vibrate at different frequencies. 
Many species have evolved specific senses in order for them to survive. Bats have a highly developed sense of hearing to enable them to locate insects or other edible objects in the dark. When bats use echolocation, they are discerning the difference between something edible and something which isn't edible by the way the sound waves bounce off the object. If their sense of hearing is that acute, then who is to say that they are not able to tell the difference between colors? There is a blind man who is able to use clicking sounds to find his way around in the world.  
Dogs have a highly developed sense of smell and hearing. They 'smell' in color. Because they utilize all their senses when observing their world, they have associated certain smells with certain items. Humans have a tendency to do the same thing though we do not think of it as 'smelling color'. When you take a deep breathe in late Spring, what do you smell? There is a freshness in the air which we humans often associate with the color green. Dogs have taken this talent to an extreme level.
Blind artists are often able to discern the difference between colors simply by feeling them. Different colors will have different textures because of the pigments used to give them their distinctive hue. 
Try utilizing ALL your sense when experiencing the world. You might be surprised with what you discover!

A Multitude of Senses

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How many senses do you have?  5?  6?  Or would you say a person has more?
You might be surprised to find out that humans are believed to have as many as 21 senses and possibly even more! 

Many of the senses which we already are aware of - sight, taste, touch are composed of more than one sense. With sight, we are able to perceive both color and brightness. Taste enables us to discern between sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (savory-ness). 

With our sense of touch we are able to tell temperature, pressure, pain and itchiness. But touch can be broken down even further. Pain can be felt in various ways - skin, bones/joints, and body organs. Itchiness is its our sense and pressure can be felt as a light touch or as something heavy.

Then there is our sense of hunger, thirst, equilibrium, time, smell, and sound.  And not to be left out is the sense of Proprioception (spatial awareness) or rather 'where our body parts are at any given time'.

A new, and some what controversial, theory is that hair is also part of our senses. It is believed that long hair is an extension of the nervous system and enables a person to be more aware of and better sense their environment. Native Americans have always been considered masters at tracking and discerning the environment around them. When these expert trackers enlisted in the US Army, their hair was cut and they lost their keen abilities. 

One of the most intriguing senses is Magnetoception or the ability to detect magnetic fields. This sense is highly developed in most animals since this is how they are able to follow their migratory routes. 

While most humans have varying degrees of development of the various senses, some have never developed their 'sense of humor' or  'common sense'. 

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