What colors do children like?

Color children begin to perceive not immediately. In the first 6 weeks of life, newborns see the worldblack and white. And only later the children begin to discern the colors, one of the first children to recognize the red color. Children begin to identify different colors even before they learn their names, but at the age of 2-5 years old babies already know all the basic colors. Children learn to memorize and distinguish colors through associations. That is, for example, children know that yellow is a lemon or a sun. If the sun is green, the child finds it difficult to determine what object is being shown to him.

Traditional division: pink for girls, blue for boys, is not innate. This division is imposed on children by adults themselves. The children show their true color preferences in the choice of color pencils or markers for drawing, in clothes. At first almost all children like bright, juicy colors, often even "acidic" and unnatural. Small children are also attracted to shiny, pearly or luminous paints.

With age, the color preferences of children change. Thus, numerous studies have been confirmed,that most girls under the age of ten prefer pink, purple and lavender. Also, many children under the age of ten prefer red and yellow colors, and after ten - blue. Little boys more often than girls prefer dark shades of color: dark blue, burgundy, brown.

Child psychologists believe that the color that the child prefers to use when drawing, you can determine features of his character:

• Red. Children who love red color, are active, easily excitable, restless, often break toys. For these children, the interests of the present are much more important than possible future prospects.


• Orange. "Orange" children are also easily excitable, like "red" children, like to have fun, naughty, scream.


• Yellow. Children who prefer this color in their work are dreamers and dreamers, lovers of fairy tales and jokes. They have a good imagination, they like to play abstract toys alone.


• Green. The child who most often draws greencolor, feels abandoned and very much in need of parental love and support. In the future, such a child can grow conservative, therefore, it should develop in it openness, creativity.


• Blue-green. Blue-green color, i.e. color of water, means pride, prestige and vanity. If the child prefers this color, then it signals his nervous overstrain. Such a child should be given a little more freedom, encourage his initiative, often praise him.


• Blue. This color symbolizes freedom, carefree, propensity to change places. If the blue color is preferred by the boy, then perhaps a pilot or a sailor will grow out of it.


• Blue. Children who prefer blue color arethe complete opposite of the "red". They are calm and balanced, they do everything, they do not hurry, they like to think. If the child chooses a blue color, it can mean that at the moment he needs peace.


• Purple. A child who prefers purple, has a rich inner world, is artistic, sensitive. This child is very easy to injure, so he needs support more than others.


• Brown. In brown, the child is looking for comfort andreliability, comfort. Therefore, if the child chooses a brown color, then maybe he feels some discomfort: health problems, in family relationships, the drama experienced.


• The black</ strong>. This color is rarely preferred by children, but ifthe child chose from all the colors is black, then this may indicate an early ripened complex psyche or may be a consequence of stress, which turned the child's life.


• Gray. Gray color symbolizes routine and hopelessness, a child choosing gray, usually very quiet and timid, closed-minded.


• Pink. If a child loves pink, it means that he needs constant support and is very dependent on others. "Pink" children are very affectionate and timid.


• Purple. Purple is usually preferred by girls. This color characterizes the child of a tender, lonely, defenseless. Such children are often immersed in themselves, in their inner world.