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English Vocabulary for Colors

Learn Colors in English

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This is a lesson to help you learn colors in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

The games and flashcards are currently set to test the following [wait...] words:

Table of Contents

  • Match-the-Pairs Game
  • Memory Game
  • Basic Flash Cards
  • Spell-the-Word Game
  • Multi-Choice Test
  • Learn with Hangman!
  • "Sentence" Flash Cards
  • "Missing Word" Flash Cards
  • Example Sentences
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Match-the-Pairs Game

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  • Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
  • There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
  • Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game

Pairs: getting ready...

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getting ready...
  • Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
  • Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
  • This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
  • Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
Ranking (Clicks)

Guru ()
Hero ()
Captain ()
Sergeant ()
Recruit ()

Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "colors" category. Choose your first letter to start.
  • Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
  • If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
  • If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
  • If the gallows are completed, you lose.
  • Good luck!
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Create Your Own Version of This Game

Here is the word library for this game:

"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "colors" category:
  • colours, red, blue, green, yellow, black, white, purple, orange, pink, gray
    colours vocabulary list

    colours

  • My favorite colour is blue.
  • The sky has a beautiful colour today.
  • What colour is your shirt?
    red vocabulary list

    red

  • Her sister loves her red sofa.
  • Fire trucks are often red.
  • She wore a red dress.
    blue vocabulary list

    blue

  • The ocean is a beautiful blue.
  • Our waitress has a blue shirt.
  • He wore a blue shirt for Christmas dinner.
    green vocabulary list

    green

  • Should I wear my green jacket?
  • The forest has tall green trees.
  • Christopher bought a green car.
    yellow vocabulary list

    yellow

  • Yellow tulips are my favourite.
  • My daughter painted her kitchen yellow last week.
  • Her cottage has a yellow door.
    black vocabulary list

    black

  • Black cats are often friendly.
  • My sister is knitting a black scarf for winter.
  • Georgia usually eats her eggs with black pepper.
    white vocabulary list

    white

  • Liam hopes for a white Christmas this year.
  • The white swan sits on her nest.
  • In our school, the children wear white shirts.
    purple vocabulary list

    purple

  • You need a purple tie for the wedding.
  • The Queen wore a purple dress.
  • Please give me the purple pencil.
    orange vocabulary list

    orange

  • Orange is the color of carrots.
  • This maple leaf is orange.
  • Jessica's orange dress is from the supermarket.
    pink vocabulary list

    pink

  • Did you see her pink suitcase?
  • Cotton candy is often pink.
  • Harry gave his grandmother pink lillies.
    gray vocabulary list

    gray

  • It's the house with the gray fence.
  • I spoke to the nurse in the gray uniform.
  • Charlie has short gray hair.
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This page was written by Craig Shrives.

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