colour recognition

[woodchopper]

At what age do children recognise colours ? Our daughter is 22 months old. And shows no sign of doing so.

[spacechimp]

She should certainly be able to see colour by that age.

[redcrx]

when you say recognise colour do you mean point to a colour and know what it is?

according to this, they should know at about 4 years old http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/cognitive.ht ml

all children are different, they learn at different paces and where some may be able to learn colours an be talking at 22 months, others may be more interested in play and chatting.

you can always speak to your health visitor if you are concerned abdout her development

[upsydaisy]

Hi - my son is 26 months and has only really started naming colours in last 6 wks - he can only consistently name yellow and red. The rest is a bit hit and miss! So I don't think you should worry too much - it might be that your little girl is better at other words/naming things. My boy can can point out any kind of digger/truck/crane he sees!! Ihope this helps x

[annie0000]

They won't be concerned about her knowing her colours until she is in pre-school or I think that is reception class in England. However, many kids know them before then. When my eldest was little and learning his colours we had a book that had a page wth a splodge of each colour - when we pointed to orange, he would say it then lick it expecting it to taste like an orange I think!

[redcrx]

lol annie, thats so cute

[spacechimp]

Oh, I thought you meant perception of colours.

[Nannyjill]

Snap Upsydaisey re diggers/trucks/cranes with my grandsons.

My youngest grandson(20mnths) recognises some colours especially yellow (all the diggers,dumper trucks etc are yellow) red and blue but only in as much as if you say is this red he will say no if it isn't or if you say give me the blue ball he can but if I ask what colour is this he won't know.

Sometimes it is how you ask a question. I wouldn't worry they all develop at different paces and find their own way.
I have to say he's quite forward in some ways but I think it is because he has an older brother and he learns from him.

[annie0000]

thanks red - my youngest was a very early talker, when he was about 7 months old, his first proper word was yellow. We used to do a little trick, pointing to something yellow and saying "Ciar what colour is that?" and "yellow" he would say, clear as a bell- he could barely sit up at the time. The look on peoples faces as the thought he was some kind of genius. The only other thing he really said (or did?) was if you asked him what an elephant says, he could make a great elephant noise!!

[redcrx]

my little one was the same annie. His first proper word was plane.
he always new what a car, van, lorry, digger was too but he'd get over excited.
manys a time we got funny looks in the the car park of sainsurys as he shouted "van-car" over and over again. We had to repeat it so people didnt think he was swearing.
It got worse when he could say the colour of them lol

[annie0000]

van-car - lol!

Could he say it in a German accent??

[onlyme26]

every child is different, i remember my daughters forst birthday, she could talk clear as a bell and was running round like a nutter!! she seemed to be fairly advanced on everything!

i would say at that age they should be understanding colours, tho they only pick up what they see and hear, have you actually tried encouraging it?

buy some colourful things and play games with them naming all the colours, when you go out point at things and call them by their colours, it will all help

goodluck

[Bettyboo22]

according to my brother everything is blue he told me yesterday " I want the blue one " reffering to his red coat