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[quote=Anonymous]People can do what they want, but observationally, kids prefer brightly colored items.

We had both when my kids were small, and they both always gravitated towards colorful items. Always.

Like we had two sets of blocks that were identical in every other way (same sizes and shapes and exterior texture) but one set was natural wood and the other was painted in bright primary colors. My kids always used the colored blocks exclusively and then would only use the natural wood if they totally ran out of colored blocks.

I'd let them choose clothes starting around 18 months or so and we had all kinds of clothes from various hand me down sources -- brights and pastels and patterned and plain, but also plenty of muted items like simple striped tees or plain leggings. They ALWAYS chose the bright items, preferably also with pattern.

And so on. Do you want a white plate or a blue plate? Blue. Do you want these black shoes or these purple glitter shoes. Purple glitter.

So I'm curious -- does anyone have kids who did the opposite? Who chose the "sad beige" over colors, even as babies? I have noticed many kids start to prefer much more muted colors and fewer patterns 2nd or 3rd grade, especially boys, but my perception is that this is somewhat driven by peer pressure and the need many kids have to look and feel more grown up at that age (thus they start trying to dress more like adults, who tend to where little color). But babies and toddlers seem to show a strong preference for color, which makes me a bit suspicious of the idea that it truly doesn't matter. I do think a beige nursery would be kind of sad, and maybe not great for a baby's development.

Just my two cents.[/quote]

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