My 3 year old niece wanted to know what color her swing set was. She was told it had been red but that the sun faded it out. She tells the sun every day that her favorite color is purple in the belief that the sun will change it to that color.
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to think that black and white TV and movies had originally been in color, but had faded with age.
— Beth - I used to believe if i touched a cameleon i would change the color of my skin. — Sophie
- I was once told that white roaches where that color because they just got married.— Andrew
- When I was little, I was told that God made people of every color.....I was sure he used a big toaster.— stormy
- I use to think polka dot was a color.Anon
- that red and orange were different shades of the same color— Larry