Green, yellow, and light turquoise all work for both genders.

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Researchers found that high contrast helps babies learn to focus their eyes, so a friend of mine painted her nursery white, & accessorized it with...black.

Ahem.

so: don't do that, but use something that will contrast with the very pretty furniture.

maybe primary colors or deep blues, lacquer reds, etc.

It's not what any of us usually think of as "baby" colors, but it's good for the baby!

Congratulations, & have fun!

I love looking at rhbabyandchild.com for nursery color inspiration. It's not high contrast. They usually pick a soft gray-white paint color and layer accessories on top of that. There is a huge RH showroom in our area and the baby/child rooms are amazing.

If I wanted to go high contrast, I might pick a dusty navy with bright white trim. You could have fun accessorizing around that with lots of different colors.

I believe in the bold, contrasting color for stimulating the babies eyes and brain activity....

I used a bold Disney Towel to place on the ceiling above the crib. It was a bold Mickey Mouse on a huge beach towel with red and black as background color on towel. When my son laid in crib the contrasting colors of towel kept him busy. He's now 22 years old. Been a straight A student thru high school and is a junior at University of Cincinnati majoring in engineering. Just adding lil more info.

Not yellow... Babies cry the most in yellow rooms, research suggests. I like green for kids, as nature soothes them.