Learn English through pictures, sounds and sentence examples! In this lesson you will learn some useful phrases for talking about colours.
Look around! You can see colours everywhere! Do you know the names of the most common colours in English?
Click on the pictures below to hear the sounds.
blue
It is blue.
green
It is green.
yellow
It is yellow.
orange
It is orange.
red
It is red.
brown
It is brown.
pink
It is pink.
purple
It is purple.
violet
It is violet.
white
It is white.
grey
It is grey.
black
It is black.
We often describe things as red, yellow, blue, and so on. Also, we often ask what colour something is.
Learn and practise colours vocabulary by solving our riddles!
What colour is it? Look at the pictures and read the clues. Click on the question mark for the answer.
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Many foods are this colour
Like some types of cherries
Tomatoes and some peppers
As well as strawberries
red
Many foods are this colour
Like some types of cherries
Tomatoes and some peppers
As well as strawberries
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What colour is the ocean
On which some people surf?
It's also the same colour
As the great Papa Smurf
blue
What colour is the ocean
On which some people surf?
It's also the same colour
As the great Papa Smurf
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A rubber ducky and egg yolk
A banana and some cheese
A sunflower and a lemon
What's the colour of all these?
yellow
A rubber ducky and egg yolk
A banana and some cheese
A sunflower and a lemon
What's the colour of all these?
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Frogs, crocodiles, some grass
And the leaves up on the trees
Wine bottles made of glass
What's the colour of all these?
green
Frogs, crocodiles, some grass
And the leaves up on the trees
Wine bottles made of glass
What's the colour of all these?
Find a colour rhyme for these words. Click on the picture for the answer.
sleigh
rhymes with
grey
rhymes with
glue
rhymes with
blue
rhymes with
drink
rhymes with
pink
rhymes with
queen
rhymes with
green
rhymes with
Our friends know a lot of colour games to practise English! These games are fun and easy, and you can play them at home, at school, anywhere!
Here are some ideas.
I'm Green Bear. My game begins like this:
Green, green is the colour I see!
If you're wearing green, then show it to me!
I'm Blue Bear. My game begins like this:
I spy with my little eye something blue.
Can you see it, too? What's this?
I'm Yellow Bear. My game begins like this:
I have a favourite colour, try to guess its name!
Bananas and lemons are ...
Yes, they are yellow.
I have a favourite colour, and yellow is its name!
I'm Red Bear. My game begins like this:
When I say red, put your hands on your head.
When I say blue, touch your left shoe.
When I say yellow, be a happy fellow.
When I say black, it's time for a snack.