Color Vision and Babies

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Color Vision and babies Humans learn about colors before they learn anything else, in fact that starts as soon as their eye sight develops, that is before they learn the alphabet or even numbers; we learn to recognize colors well before we can speak their names. That’s how infants recognize their parents and other familiar objects. Color has an impact on how we perceive the world around us, has a psychological influence on our feelings, and distinguishes our (good or bad) taste. Color influences our mood and as we grow up a certain preference to a color can tell a lot about our personality. In order for us to understand how colors affect infants, we should first know about what color is and how they’re used in our day-to-day activities. The basic concept of colors starts from 3 primary colors known for red, blue and yellow. Mixing each color with another of these primary colors create secondary colors that include green, orange and purple and so on and so forth until we reach a very large combination of colors that us as adults can see. What then do infants see? “Studies have shown that actually it’s only a myth that babies are color blind as soon as they’re born. Infants have 20/200 – 20/400 degrees of sight and reach the standard or normal sight of 20/20 by the age of 2. Babies can differentiate between red and green at birth and by the age of one month they can see the color blue.” (Bee, 2010) Did anyone try to assume why babies can see red and green only at first though they have the same level of brightness? That can probably be related to another color concept called harmony; more specifically complementary colors. Harmony in colors gives a sense of order and balance. It’s something that is pleasing to the eye, however w... ... middle of paper ... ...lor best suits our taste. Babies can be vastly affected by the colors that surround them and we should be able to produce a healthy environment around your child. “Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.” (Klee, P.) References Bee, H. (2010) The Developing Child, Twelfth Edition. Washington, DC. Pearson Morton, J.L. (2012) Basic Color Theory. Retrieved from: http://www.colormatters.com/color-and- design/basic-color-theory Wright, A. (2014) Psychological Properties Of Colours. Retrived from: http://www.colour- affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours Write Design Online. Elements of Art/Design, Color. Retrieved from: http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/color.html Your Personality Color (2014). Retrieved from http://www.empower-yourself-with-color- psychology.com/personality-color.html

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