Babies And Color: Monochrome Colored Nursery Best For First Few Months

A baby website, using findings from experts, is encouraging parents to keep their babies' nurseries in shades of monochrome for the baby's first few months in this world. Parents are given tips on the use of color in their babies nursery corresponding their age.

Essential Baby said previous research has found that for their first few months of life, newborn babies can only see primarily in shades of black, gray and white. "For this reason, a monochrome colour scheme filled with contrasting patterns and shapes provides a newborn with the best form of visual stimulation."

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Introducing More Color As Baby Grows

Daily Mail also reported on the baby website's guide for parents. For babies aged three to six months, the report said that three months is when babies can actually see colors. Giving the nursery some "vibrancy" is said to be important for the baby's continuous development even as matching colors to a monochrome room would not be difficult.

For babies six to 12 months, it was recommended to place simple art, toys, books and furniture in the nursery. While nurseries of babies from one to two years old, who are learning to speak and learning to differentiate between colors were recommended to be one with wall prints and cushions to usher in more colors.

Helping Your Children Identify Colors

According to a report from The Sun who also discussed the baby website's advice to parents, babies who are three to four years old are usually already capable of naming basic colors. Parents are advised to place bean bags, lamps and rugs to add "accents of color" in the nursery.

It was said that playing recognition games like eye-spy is also said to aid children's language and communication skills. The eye-spy will use colors of different objects in the nursery as opposed to letter. Essential Baby named Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco and the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute as sources in their article on baby nurseries and color.