I know the importance of color in photography. Too much and the subject may get lost. Not enough and the photo’s passion could lose its potency. But when it came to decorating Skye’s room, I had to call in my hue crew! Décor diva and PoshTots co-founder Andrea Edmunds offers some style-savvy tips on incorporating color into children’s spaces.

Which Hue Are You?
Incorporating Color into Children’s Spaces
By Andrea Edmunds

After many years of designing nurseries for every kind of family you can fathom, we’ve developed a few thoughts about decorating a child’s first space. While we love lots of color in a nursery, newborn babies have difficulty differentiating subtle color variations and subsequently, prefer high-contrast patterns.  Think about all those black and white toys – there’s a reason they’re so popular! The contrast between the black and white is the easiest thing for your baby to see, at least for the first two months. After that, your child’s vision just keeps improving, and they become more and more capable of seeing shades of color, so while it can be a very elegant design choice, don’t feel limited to designing a black and white nursery – let’s talk color.

Hot colors like red and orange are very stimulating in a room that you want to soothe and comfort your newborn, and you should avoid too much of these colors. In addition, babies have been proven to cry more in yellow rooms. Use “hot” colors like these thoughtfully and sparingly, and instead, fill the walls with cool colors like blues and greens, lavenders and peaches. Especially trendy right now are also neutral shades of beige, cream and white. When you choose these shades for your main pieces (walls, furniture, linens), you leave lots of room for pops of color in all hues as well as oodles of re-decorating options as your child grows.