The color choice of students with mild mental retardation

Abstract

In this study, a pilot study was conducted on the students with mild mental retardation and the colour choice of these students. A study group which was thought to be the representative of the universe was used in the study in which general scanning model was taken as the basis. 25 mentally retarded students ranging from 10 to 12 years old, enrolled at Bolu Emine Mehmet Baysal Education Practice and Workshop Training Center, informed consents were taken from their parents, capable of understanding the instructions, having hand and eye coordination, and diagnosed as mild down syndrome, epilepsy, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and learning disability composed this study group.           

In the light of the data obtained, it was found that hot colours (red, orange, yellow) are more than the cold colours (blue, green, purple) in the choices of the students with mild mental retardation; they choose hot colour again when the relationship between the health conditions and colour choices are examined; the students with learning disabilities and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder choose red colour; the students with down syndrome choose orange colour; and the students with epilepsy choose blue which is among the cold colours.