• Highly sensitive and often emotional
• High energy
• Bores easily; may appear to have short attention span
• Resists authority if it's not democratically orientated
• Becomes easily frustrated
• Learns from an exploratory level often resisting rote memory or just sitting back and listening
• Cannot sit still unless absorbed in something of their own interest
• Is very compassionate; may fear the death or loss of loved ones
• If pressured to conform - May give up and develop permanent
learning blocks
• Withdraws if pressured to conform
• May sacrifice their individual creativity in an attempt to 'fit in.'

In 1982 Nancy Ann Tappe, who classified people's personalities according to the hue of their auras in her book, Understanding Your Life Through Color, the Indigo child phenomenon was introduced.

The Indigo phenomenon has been recognized as one of the most exciting changes in human nature ever documented in society. The Indigo characteristics describe the energy pattern of human behavior which exists in over 95% of the children born in the last ten years.

This phenomenon is global and eventually the Indigo characteristics will replace all other colors. As small children, Indigo energy is easy to recognize by their unusually large, clear eyes and aura color. Extremely bright, precocious children with an amazing memory and a strong desire to live instinctively, these children of the next millennium are sensitive, gifted souls with an evolved consciousness who have come here to help change the vibrations of our lives and create one land, one globe and one species. They are our bridge to the future.

Indigo children can be recognized by their characteristics and behaviors, which are strikingly similar to the NFGCC definition of gifted/exceptional children.