my son has always chosen green and green is his fav colour and has been for 4 years. ( he is almost 7) and my daughter loves purple and has always chosen pink or purple to colour with until last year then she uses every colour and generally the right colours, ie green for the tree tops, brown for the trees, pink, yellow flowers etc.

I think each child has their own reason for their choice in colour and not something that should be compared.

Forgot to mention you could buy the primary colours which make all the other colours red,blue,yellow,white,black go low is pretty cheap. I give my girl say red and blue let them mix it together and ask them what it makes my girls know their colours but mixing and making things is fun.

Red and blue=purple   red and white=pink   red and yellow=orange  red,yellow,blue=brown 

blue and yellow=green  black and white grey.

Im sure you already know this but I somtimes check the kids colour books because as you know are minds as mums are always thinking of so many things. Then he can see how his favorite colour brown is made from other colours. When you think about it alot of our sourrounding are made up of black and brown we have black foors and darkwood brown funiture trees, out door furniture extra.

Hello most children I have looked after over the years under four have always liked yellow as a favourite and at a young age it is the brightest one when they were getting closer to four they had green, blue,black,brown and red for the boys some liked the colours because their dad did and alot of children may of liked yellow back then because I had a little yellow Gemini. My daughter at 3 liked orange for two years because I brought her a orange lid drink now she likes pink she is six and my three year old L likes purple because I do.

When I was working as an assistant in Childcare one of the Fully Qualified teachers was talking to her mother regarding her daughters paintings, thes involved great detail and really bright colours. The teacher told the parent that her painting showed just how creative and happy she was (rainbows, flowers). I have also seen this in my own children 1 will take time and do her drawing with great detail in precision using bright colours (she is the creative thinker). The other although older grabs any colour and near enough is good is enough (Not creative and less sensitive at heart). So in conclusion to what I have experienced  (with girls) I really do think the colours that they choose and what they draw really do have something to do with their personality and emotions.  Boys do seem to like the camoflauge type colours just cause they are boys..

My little one had a thing for playing with all his blue toys a few months ago, now it's all the yellow ones. My other boy was the same. When it came to drawing dark colours on white paper was in, then it was all the light colours for a while, and now for my older boy all the colours have to be correct to the thing being drawn. It's a phase thing I'm guestimating.

If he starts drawing with only black and red and it's pictures of things that are disturbing regardless of the colour, then I'd be concerned!

Children are attracted to highly contrasting colour combinations, or very bright colours. I'm assuming the paper is white, so black or brown would make the highest contrast. Also, some boys are colourblind to green and blue, they see those colours as darker than the other colours and therefore not that exciting. I think the images they draw are more telling of their emotions than the colours they use.

 My boy ALWAYS picks black (paint, crayons, pencils etc). He is 3.  I think it is just a phase, nothing to worry about. I tried hiding the black and giving him other colour paints - he just mixes them together to try and make black.

Try not to make a big deal about it, always offer other colours so he has an option. I'm sure they will grow out of it.

I think just like adults do, kids go thru phases of liking something more the others! i wouldnt worry about it.

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its funny isn't it!  My kids are the same.  My daughter is going through a pink phase, but I think that more gender stereotype related.  My son went through a green phase, followed by a red phase, with some interest in pink in the middle.  I have a theory that it may be about repeatative learning- if a child chooses something over and over again, it imprints on their brain as a lesson, and then they can start on the next lesson (or next colour).  I may just be talking a load of crap......just a thought.  your son may leave his black/brown phase and move into some more vibrant colours- I wouldn't be concerned that it is about some sort of dark, negative mood problem.  Who knows....he might be the next Monet (although I believe his colour pahses were related to his changing eyesight-cataracts I believe).