I went to a baby settling class this morning.
During the class I learnt that babies see pastels as shades of grey. This made me wonder why so many baby clothes are produced in pale pink and blue. Surely they are looking around their buttercup yellow (grey) nurseries in utter disdain.
I used to have a workmate that was colour-blind. He had devised a clever method for clothes shopping over the years. He would scan the tags in shops, and if they stated navy, blue, aqua, turquoise or marine, the item would be bought. As a result, he was always colour-matched, but looked like a Chinese Communist.
He missed out on a lot. It was hard for him to complement his dates when attending weddings, and to compliment a co-worker on her shade of lip colour. They all looked grey to him. I suppose when black and white TV was in fashion, this would have made little difference as we all saw people this way. Think of the Munsters. If we all were colour blind, we would be free to have the black lip colour of Lily.
A world steeped in greys would probably mean that greater emphasis would be put on the cut of clothing, rather than on dazzling hues. The standard of clothing has dropped significantly since the 1970's, and I blame the introduction of colour television in 1975.
Another boon of shades of grey - we would not bother to dye our hair as we aged. And the only accessories we would need would be a white string of pearls.
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