Yellow or Purple?

Today Luke and I were laying in bed looking at his rainbow alphabet caterpillar (or is he a centipede?), and I was pointing to the colors asking Luke which was his favorite. He was gabbing at all the colors equally, so finally I let him hold the caterpillar himself so he could show me which was his favorite. Luke immediately grabbed onto two purple legs and shouted “All-o”, which I translated as “yellow”. I was so confused. He had grabbed the purple legs and said “yellow”. So I took the caterpillar in my own hands and said, “No, those are purple legs. If you like yellow, you grab these legs,” and pointed to the yellow feet.

Once again I handed the caterpillar to Luke. Once again he grabbed the purple legs in both hands and said, “All-o”. He’s so convinced that those feet are yellow that I’m beginning to wonder if I’M the one making a mistake. Maybe those legs are yellow after all. Maybe I’m just going crazy or I’m color blind. I’ll have to consult Derek when he gets home.