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Can Babies See in Color?
It has always been debated what babies can see in the early steps of infancy. I’ve always heard that babies are unable to see soft pastels. It has also been promoted that using back and white toys helps to stimulate and aid in the child’s visual and mental growth. In an article by Russell Hamer, what a baby can see is laid out in layman’s terms.
According to Hamer, babies are attracted to high contrast, thus the peaked interest on toys and clothing that have wide geometric patterns. Slight color differences like a shift in hues or really light pastels. Recent research done by the University of California “have shown that infants as young as 2 weeks of age have color vision and can distinguish a red object from a green one even when these are perfectly matched in brightness.”
The white and black toys, clothing apparel, etc probably only has one use, making money. In Hamer’s opinion, it really just doesn’t matter if you have your baby’s room decked out in all black and white. In fact having a colorful room is “rich and stimulating to your baby”.
Citation:
Hamer, Russell. "What Can My Baby See?." Parents' Press Vol. XI, No.IINovember 1990 11 April 2008
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