We have been brainwashed to think that baby girls must be surrounded with light pink and baby boys are normally in light blue. Often, if we're not sure yet whether it's a boy or a girl, then we go with yellow when painting the walls of the nursery.
Forget everything you've been brainwashed into believing.
According to celebrity designer and TV host Eric Leong, newborns, whether they are boys or girls, should be in a light pink room.
“From newborn to three years old, light pink will help them develop their brain. The light pink will help their brain to develop, they will be very active and and it will make them happy, too. Blue and yellow are not as effective. In colour therapy it represents unconditional love. So, babies when they look at this colour will feel happy and loved.
“However, after they reach three years of age, the advice is to paint the walls according to the child's gender. So, if you have a boy, then you paint the walls in baby blue. If it's a girl, you can maintain the walls in that baby pink or you can use lilac. Why after three years? This is because studies have found that after three is when the children develop their own character. So, if you maintain the baby pink, then the girl will become very girly and the boy will be a bit effeminate, too,” says Leong.
However, for soft furnishings like the curtains, comforter and bedsheet, strong colours can be used as long as it's not too much.
Leong explains that the soft pastel colours on the walls will help baby to relax while the strong colours will get their attention and help them develop their brain.
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