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slashjasper OP t1_irr5rpg wrote

One might assume children prefer colorful things, but in this case, black and white are clear winners throughout. Overall less variance than expected. The 880/810 'gold' color sucks and is poorly visible on (often used) brown paper.

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ChipsOtherShoe t1_irrkt4e wrote

I was confused about white being used so much until I saw that you use brown paper, that makes more sense than the white I was assuming

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cfishlips t1_irrf0fe wrote

Black is by far favored by my two year old.

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MsMrSaturn t1_irrkwgj wrote

I wonder how much of that is perceptual. Is it easier for the tyke to see black, white, and red?

There's been some cool linguistic studies where words for dark and light emerge first in languages, then the next color is red.

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ITGenji t1_iru3zei wrote

Probably easier for the to ā€œunderstandā€ the shapes. I remember reading somewhere that newborns take greater interest in what is painted on the walls of their rooms if it is black and white images. Probably has to do with high constrast

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Marison t1_irtni4h wrote

I was about to comment the same thing :)

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areappreciated t1_irrnx4m wrote

Interesting! Now for an A/B test where black is removed as a choice by using black paper

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Knyfe-Wrench t1_irtw4bl wrote

I assumed that black was being used to draw outlines that other things fill in. Did that seem to be true, or did you see a lot of black color blocks?

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HappiHappiHappi t1_iru7u3g wrote

Black seems to be a perennial favourite amongst young children in my experience. I assume because it makes the boldest mark with the easiest as many kids struggle with pressing hard enough to get bold colours.

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jobeta t1_irtaxz2 wrote

I was just told that toddlers are attracted to faces with high contrast too? Maybe related if true

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dustybooksaremyjam t1_irut9ri wrote

Even toddlers know that you first need to have outlines if you want to draw colorful things. Hence the black.

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windowtothesoul t1_iruux5d wrote

Alright so please don't take this wrong but I'm curious. What's your skin color? Do you think that plays into how the colors were used? Or maybe not? I could see kids wanting to color people the same way they see themselves, or maybe something I don't see?

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jimster0015 t1_irvgmn4 wrote

This is really cool. In my case, my toddler prefers the taste of blue over black.

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Usernametaken112 t1_iru7ftd wrote

That's really unfortunate. Especially when it's $26 for 10 pencils for a 3 year old to scribble with.

Suckers really can be parted with their money.

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