| Is too much color harmful? | | | | themselves. |
| Several ideas about the role of color in the lives of | | | | So the best advice seems to be to trust to your |
| toddlers and young children have been put forward. | | | | own ideas and feelings when it comes to choosing |
| Historically, clinical psychologists have offered | | | | the color of your toddler clothes. To help you decide |
| assumptions about the emotional significance of color | | | | about color in toddler clothing, why not try |
| and the possible effects of color on your child's | | | | experimenting with allowing your child to choose the |
| emotional state and emotional development. Some | | | | color clothing that they like. You could start by |
| researchers have asserted that the choice of color in | | | | explaining the importance of different colors and |
| toddler artwork and toddler clothing may signify a | | | | patterns in your toddler clothing. Try allowing your |
| child's underlying emotional state. For example, the | | | | child to choose their own tops and bottoms and talk |
| color red may be associated with anger, aggression, | | | | about how similar colors may go together, or about |
| and excitation; the color green with quietness and | | | | colors that complement each other. |
| withdrawal, while black and other dark colors is linked | | | | Promote their independence and self confidence. |
| to depression or anxiety. It has been suggested by | | | | Engaging your toddler in this process can have |
| other psychologists that bright and intense color in | | | | several advantages. It can help your toddler to |
| toddler clothing may overstimulate a young child's | | | | develop a sense of color matching (what goes with |
| nervous system. One philoshopy of color is that only | | | | what) and assist your toddler to become more |
| soft, pastel colors should be used for toddler clothing | | | | independent. In this way they can get a head start |
| and for newborns. Suggesting that intense color may | | | | on learning how to successfully dress him or herself - |
| be harmful in some way to a child's developing | | | | a real step forward and something that makes it |
| nervous system. | | | | easier for everyone at busy times getting ready for |
| Children like color! | | | | the day or before going out. Your child's sense of |
| Despite these ideas and assumptions, there is no | | | | confidence about their personal choices can be helped |
| consistent accumulation of evidence from studies of | | | | by this process. Of course, you might need to be |
| children and color that really supports any of the | | | | prepared for several clothes changes a day as your |
| approaches outlined above. Conclusions from reviews | | | | toddler has fun experimenting with clothes and color |
| of studies show that while color is an important | | | | matching! This learning experience can then be |
| dimension in toddlers lives, (ie: they like it)! choice of | | | | reflected in other tasks involving color recognition and |
| color in toddler clothing or art does not appear to be | | | | the beginning of using color in artistic expression. |
| strongly associated with any particular pattern of | | | | Overall, have fun helping your child to choose colorful |
| emotional responses or developmental outcomes. | | | | toddler clothing that they will look and feel great in. |
| Help your toddler to match colors and dress | | | | |