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Blinded in an accident at 21, Zoltan Torey taught himself to visualise the world around him with such clarity that he was able to climb a ladder and replace his house's gutters.

"I use every miniscule clue I can to visualise you - your handshake, height, voice, movements, mood, character, remarks: I factor everything in." [...] What's more, he can control the colours. He likes moss green, sea blue and egg yellow. So if he meets a person he likes, does he dress them in these colours? Laughing, Torey responds: "Well, I don't see people naked! Yes I do clothe people I like in colours I like." And if he dislikes them, he'll probably put them in orange or purple."

- interviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald magazine Good Weekend, 28 June 2003