Amazon As the weather turns, you’re likely looking for new swimwear for your quickly-growing little ones. Yet, before you select suits in darker hues, Natalie Livingston , lifeguard and co-founder of Alive Solutions , a water safety consulting and education company recommends opting for swimsuits in neon colors – tones that can easily spotted during an emergency. “Visibility is important in drowning recognition,” Livingston previously HuffPost .
“Many parents were selecting swimwear that was super cute and fashionable, but would cause their children to potentially disappear under the water.” Advertisement In 2020, Livingston and Alive Solutions conducted an informal study testing the visibility of different colored swimsuits in light-bottomed pools, dark-bottomed pools and lakes. The company determined that neon pink and neon orange offers the most visibility in light-bottomed pools , while neon orange, neon green and neon yellow stood out the most in dark-bottomed pools and lakes (neon pink did not perform as well in this area).
They said that blues, whites and lighter colors offer the least contrast and are therefore significantly less safe. You can see the results for the rest of the colors in our previous coverage . It’s important to note that these “safe” swimsuit colors will be rendered meaningless without additional precautions in place.
(According to the CDC, drowning is the leading cause of death for kids ages 1 to 4 and the second leading cause of .
