How would explain colors to a blind person?

I thought Rocky Dennis did a pretty good job in the movie Mask.

Start at 7:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJAxZt7joNE

Yeah, colours are likened to moods/emotions, which makes a lot of sense.

I’d use the other senses…Warm, cool. Low, high. Spicy, sweet. Musky, flowery.

I was also thinking along the same lines as @janedelila. I would use things like temperature, taste, smell.

Red and orange are hot, vibrant colours.

Pink is more like a sweet lolly.

Some greens and browns have an earthiness to them. So the smell of soil or leaves.

Associate foods, smells, and tastes with it. So pink would be lollipop, sweet, and cotton candy-y maybe.

Just a thought.