Hi all, yes I heard that too. We already had blue,yellow and white crockery so can't say anything there. What I will say was, I always made sure that Mum had colours on her plate, e.g. orange carrots, green peas, etc. etc. and that I made it attractive to eat. You know, like tempting a sick kid, smiley face etc.? It worked for us! With regard to black strips etc. I did that, and even tried a yellow sheet across the front door to match the walls and hide the door but it never fooled Mum! We resorted to a baby gate top and bottom of stairs to shut off danger areas, little monkey soon learn't to undo it although some carer's that came in couldn't1 So, we got a combination padlock. ...... Thats still baffling my hubby!! Love, She. XX