Describing things
Ten Colours to Know
The first ten colour words, ready to spot around the room.
- Ages 6–8
- Starter · A1
- 10 words
The words
Every word in this set, with what it means. Tap a word to hear it.
- orange
- a colour made by mixing red and yellow
- red
- the colour of a ripe tomato
- green
- the colour of leaves in summer
- blue
- the colour of a clear sky
- yellow
- the colour of a lemon
- black
- the darkest colour
- pink
- a light colour like a rose
- white
- the colour of fresh snow
- brown
- the colour of earth or wood
- purple
- a colour made by mixing red and blue
