A group of children attempted to explain color to a blind man using only sounds and words.

Mac Potts, 21, an American pianist and musician has been playing music professionally since he was 11 years old but has never been able to see.

A group of children were asked to explain to him what different colors look and feel like in a Cut.com video.

Experiment: Children attempt to explain color to blind 21-year-old pianist Mac Potts, pictured left, using only sounds and words

Blind: The US-based musician has been playing music professionally since he was 11 years old but he has never been able to see

Challenge: Mac asked a group of children to describe their experiences of different colors

The boys and girls - who were from a wide age range - largely struggled to effectively describe color using words.

The most successful attempts were made by children who used metaphors or sounds to explain with hums, operatic interludes and high-pitched squeaks.

One young girl made a sound to describe her pink bedroom and said that red 'is like fire and madness.'

Green was a color of mixed connotations for her: 'Green is happy and sometimes disgusting...Ooh, what's that? Ew, broccoli.'

Mac explained to a young boy and girl that he is 'totally blind', adding: 'Never seen anything, ever.'

Lost: The boys and girls - who were a variety of ages - largely struggled to effectively describe color using words

Creative thinking: The most successful attempts were made by children who used metaphors or sounds to explain with hums, operatic interludes and high-pitched squeaks

The girl responded by telling him that she cannot see white because it is not 'in a rainbow'.

One boy told Mac that blue smells like 'water and my pillow' and claimed that green is 'rotten'.

A girl said that pink makes her think of 'unicorns exploding in my mouth,' prompting Mac to say: 'I learn something new everyday.'

An older girl and boy that he spoke to in the video used a variety of sounds to aid their explanations - including a hum for blue and a high-pitched squeak for red.

The girl claimed that Taylor Swift makes her think of a 'bright, peppy, girlish pink.'