Describing things
Colours by Name
The basic colour words, plus the foods we borrow them from.
- Teens and up
- Easy · A2
- 12 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
- tomato
- a soft red fruit used in salads and sauces
- purple
- a colour made by mixing red and blue
- chocolate
- a sweet brown food made from cocoa
