Doesn't that just point to the fact that our ability to describe is limited and lossy? In the color example, we're trying to convey information about the effect

Doesn't that just point to the fact that our ability to describe is limited and lossy? In the color example, we're trying to convey information about the effects of one of the senses without using that sense. It could very well be that without using that particular sense, the brain just isn't stimulated the same way.