Children and Colors

When a NY Times article indicated that the Pantone Color Institute had announced the Color of the year as Iris blue: http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/pantone.aspx?pg=20540&ca=10, I decided to check more into colors as they relate to children. I have been annoyed that we have chosen to make children's toys in primary colors as the rest of the world they interact with is painted in a kaleidoscope of colors. I guess the argument could be made that primary colors could be mixed to make other colors; however, that is a cop out in my view. In any case, I have decided to develop activities for young children using every imaginable color. My thinking is that children will find the wide rangie of choices refreshing. The Pantone Color Institute also has a link to a 2001 article concerning children and color with an angle to 9/11.