DD saying things look green?

[Bananacustardyum]

3 times my DD3.5 has commented that things look green. The most recent time was tonight when she was eating her beans on toast she asked me why her beans were green. Anyone know why this could be?

Is she able to differentiate with colours? Ask her to tell you what colours are what (anything, your rug, furniture, lipstick).

She could have some degree of colour blindness. It's rarer in females but not unknown.

Yes she’s really good with colours, she will even say the shade like for example dark blue or light blue. That’s why I’m worried it’s a medical problem.

Is it only with red / orange shades (like beans)?

iklboo - actually I think so yes.

I would go to the GP and ask for a referral to an ophthalmologist . There are different types of color blindness affecting different colour. One of my son's friend couldn't see purple for example

There are different types of colour blindness. Red / green is one of them. An optician / ophthalmologist should be able to do a quick check for you.

Red/green colour blindness is the most common. My brother has it and so do my sons. Does anyone in your family have it? It's hereditary, passed usually through males but sometimes females if there's a double gene.

It includes any colours containing those colours so orange, purple, brown and they usually see those colours as different shades of green or brown.
Children quickly adapt so that although they don't see the colour purple as most people do, they learn the shade they see is called "purple" if that makes sense.

It honestly hasn't affected my children or my brother at all. The only thing I found useful was giving them coloured pencils with the colour printed on the tip as they sometimes got green and brown confused at school.

A simple colour blind test is usually done as routine at an opticians appointment.

Of course, she's only 3 so might be messing you about

I find it odd that she is commenting on it, if she had always been colour blind surely she would not notice? A quick google suggests there are some causes of sudden onset colour blindness - one of them is carbon monoxide? I would check with a doctor for peace of mind.

Yes good point BrownTurkey If those are the beans she always has then it's odd that she is noticing a difference all of a sudden.

Google Online colour blind test for children and you can try it at home with her. There are a couple of easy tests: tracing a pink snake with your finger on a green background and spotting numbers hidden amongst green backgrounds. You can make it a fun game for her.

I agree that colour blindness doesn't normally present like that.

This has reminded my that my DS said something similar at a similar age (he's much older now). I'd forgotten it. I think it might have been when it's been sunny, and perhaps coming into the house (relatively dark) after having been outside?

If she is commenting on it, has it just come on? - just some colours changing? Is she diabetic or showing any signs of it?

Actually my eyes go a bit funny after coming in from bright sunshine and colours look a bit off until my eyes adjust. It could well be that.

The first time I realised my son had red/green colour blindness was when he was about 3 and I heard him telling his grandfather our Christmas tree was brown. He saw that particular shade of green as brown.

Could it be synaesthesia? Things don't actually look a different colour, but they are in your head iyswim? Ask her about other things, or if people and places have colours too. Just a thought.

Do you have reddish/pinkish curtains closed to keep the sun out?

Going from a subdued green environment can make everything look reddish and vice-versa.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and advice.
It’s a new thing that she has mentioned, never said anything about it before so I don’t think it’s colour blindness. I’ll keep an eye on her and see if she mentions it again and what the exact circumstances are.
The last two times have been when she in her high chair at tea time, which does face a sunny window but this has no curtains.