Colors are read in English. Color names in English for children

Hello to all beginners to learn spoken English with us! When learning English online with the help of audio lessons, you should pay attention to such an important class of words as colors. Indeed, in everyday conversations, we often use their names when we describe something: nature, animals, cars, furniture, etc. Knowing colors in English helps to convey information about the subject to the interlocutor most accurately and clearly.

In our world, all objects have a certain color, except for transparent objects. Colors are very diverse, there are a great many of them, not to mention the limitless variety of shades and tones. Therefore, our today's online audio lesson is devoted to the study of the topic " Colors in English". There is no need to know them all, it is enough to memorize the most basic colors of the spectrum well, which is what we will do today.

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Studying only colors separately, there will be little sense. For greater effectiveness, words must be studied in context. Therefore, we will consider the color scheme in English in the context of phrases, sentences, questions and answers in order to consolidate your association associated with each individual color. Speak clearly and clearly every phrase voiced by the announcer so that you train your pronunciation to a decent level: /wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RUEN014.mp3 to describe something will be in vain, even if you learn all the material of today's audio lesson. Therefore, do not treat this moment negligently, but on the contrary, pay due attention to it.

Colors in English

Carefully study the table below to find out how each phrase is spelled and translated. Note that the very word color» is spelled differently in British and American English: color - British spelling color - American. Therefore, in the table you can find a few more words marked “am”, which means the American version of the spelling of this word. The unmarked vocabulary is the classic English spelling.

It is for such cases that the text material of the audio lesson is needed, since it is very difficult to reflect such moments on an audio recording. And the text version of the lesson can demonstrate all the nuances, with the exception of pronunciation. Therefore, we try to make our online lessons as accessible and understandable as possible for beginners to learn English.

Now you can describe any subject in English if you learn all the phrases and train your pronunciation with this audio lesson.

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On this page you will find the name of the color in English, a transcription for correct reading, as well as a translation in pictures for children.

In addition, here you will find interesting facts about all the colors of the rainbow.

Facts about the color orange

The word "orange" literally means "orange" 🍊 and is borrowed from the Indo-Iranian languages, rather from the Persian "naranj" to Europe, and through Europe to Russia 🇷🇺 .

Associative orange is the warmest shade of the spectrum 🌈, it is believed that it has no cold shades.

Derivative shades of orange (terracotta, red, golden beige, chocolate brown) stimulate the appetite 🍕☕.

Facts about yellow

Yellow is the color of the sun ☀. Symbolizes wealth 💰, light, cheerfulness. Color effectively stimulates brain activity. Promotes concentration and clarity of thought. It lifts the mood.
It is believed that soft yellow light has a good effect on vision 👁. So it is good for the eyes 👁 to look at the setting sun 🎨 and the fire 🔥.

❗ Yellow was Van Gogh's favorite color🎨. The whole gamut of yellow was present on his canvases.

❗The writer Gorky called New York the city of the "Yellow Dragon" 🐉 because of the eternal bustle and constant pursuit of its inhabitants for money 💰

It is known that the human eye 👀 distinguishes shades best
exactly green. 🌳

In many languages, green and blue-green (or even blue along with them)
is one color.

Since green is associated with new growth 🌱, in many languages ​​it means young and immature. Sometimes with the added value of inexperience. In Russian, this expression is "young-green."

Green in some languages ​​is associated with envy (green with envy), and in some - with melancholy and stagnation (turned green with melancholy, melancholy is green).

In Chinese 🇨🇳 slang, “wear a green hat” 👒 means about the same as “walk with horns set” 🐐 in Russian 😄.

Blue, English blue

Facts about blue

Blue is the color of eternity, peace and contentment. Of all the colors 🎨, blue is most often associated with the concept of beauty 🌅. The color is associated with the sky and the sea. Sometimes it is called azure.

In color therapy, blue is used to relieve fatigue and tension. Doctors say that blue is able to relieve insomnia 😪 and headaches. Nutritionists respect blue because it can reduce appetite.

And the blue color makes you want to work and study 🤓 🤓 🤓

Purple, purple in English

The word brown in Russian is from the word "cinnamon", which, in turn, is from the word bark. And the word brown, according to dictionaries, comes from the Turkic “kara”, which means black. 🙂

For many centuries, brown, like gray, was associated with the poor, but gradually the situation began to change - already in the Victorian era 👑 the color was quite common in clothes, most likely due to its practicality and restraint.

In Japan 🇯🇵 one of the shades of brown (sumac) was the most important forbidden color ⛔, clothes of this color were worn by the emperor 👑 once in his life, no one else had the right to wear clothes dyed sumac.

Interestingly, brown is the most common eye color 👀 in humans.

Associatively, almost all people consider white to be cold or cool ❄❄❄. However, white color visually expands objects.

As you know, the dress of the bride 👰 in Europe is white, and the legend tells why it happened this way.
The most famous and common is that white is a symbol of the purity and innocence of a girl entering into marriage.

The ancient Greeks believed that if you sleep in white, you will have good dreams 😪.

And finally, a cheat sheet - Colors in English with translation. I hope it helps you learn colors in English!

The study of colors in English usually does not present any particular difficulties due to the clarity of the material being studied. In this article, we will introduce you to how the primary colors are called in English with a translation into Russian. Not all English learners are familiar with English transcription, so we will teach you how to name colors in English with Russian pronunciation.

So, in the world there are a huge number of colors and shades. And far from each of them we can call one word even in our native language, not to mention a foreign one. And in order not to have a shortage of words denoting colors in English, it is not necessary to study all possible color options. It will be enough to know a couple of dozens of the main names most often used in speech.

Color names in English

Here are ten basic colors that children are first introduced to when learning English.

Yellow- yellow (Yellow) [ˈjeləʊ]

Green- green (green) [ɡriːn]

Blue- blue, blue (blue) [bluː]

Brown- brown (brown) [ braʊn ]

White- white (white) [waɪt]

Red- red (ed) [ red ]

Orange- orange (Orange) [ˈɒrɪndʒ]

Pink- pink (pink) [pɪŋk]

Gray- gray (grey) [ɡreɪ]

Black- black (black) [blæk]

The pronunciation of flowers in English for children is usually not very difficult, most colors are indicated by one-syllable words and are easy to remember.

After you have mastered the first ten colors in English, you can add ten more colors to your vocabulary that you can see quite often in different situations.

Beige- beige (beige) [ beɪʒ ]

Golden- golden, golden (golden) [ˈɡəʊldən]

Emerald- emerald (Emerald) [ˈemərəld]

Coral- coral (coral) [ˈkɒrəl]

Copper- copper (kopa) [ˈkɒpə]

Olive- olive (olive) [ˈɒlɪv]

Purple- purple, magenta (ash) [ˈpɜːpəl]

Silver- silver, silvery (silva) [ˈsɪlvə]

Lilac- lilac (laylak) [ˈlaɪlək]

Khaki- khaki (kaki) [ˈkɑːki]

Thus, now you know the basic colors in English with transcription in Russian. There are twenty words in total, with which you can easily name the color of any item that you need.

In addition to the name of the color, sometimes you need to name the shade. The names of shades can be indicated by adding certain adjectives to the main color. For example: bright, dark, light, etc. They will allow you to convey the color saturation of the described phenomenon or object. Here are words that will help you more accurately indicate the desired color.

light- light (light) [ laɪt ]

Dark- dark (dak) [dɑːk]

Bright- bright (bright) [braɪt]

Dull- dim (gave) [ dʌl ]

Pale- pale (pale) [peɪl]

After you have learned the names of all colors in English, for better memorization and further training, you can try to name objects familiar to you in English, adding the name of the color to them. For example, a red sofa (red sofa), a white fridge (white refrigerator), light green walls (light green walls), dark blue socks (dark blue socks).

You also need to know how to correctly ask in English what color this or that object is. To do this, use the What color? (what colour). For example:

What is this?- What is it? (wot from zis?) [‘wɒt ɪz ðɪs]

This is a flower.- This is a flower. (zis from e flaua) [‘ðɪs ɪz ə ˈflaʊə]

What color is it?- What colour is he? (wat kala from it) [wɒt ‘kʌlʌ ɪz ɪt]

It is yellow.- He is yellow. (it from Yelou) [ɪtɪz ˈjeləʊ]

Learning colors in English in a playful way

If you are learning flower names in English with your kids, there are many fun game activities to come up with. Starting from playing with pencils - asking what color the pencil you are holding, and vice versa, so that the child asks the question.

One of the variants of such a game is "Guess". One participant hides a pencil behind his back, and the second tries to guess what color this pencil is. Structures used in this game:

-Is it...(color name)? - He ... (color name)?

- Yes, it is. (No, it isn't)- Yes. (Not)

For example:

Behind the back, the participant holds (a blue pencil)

Then he asks the second player a question:

What color is the pencil?- What color is the pencil? (wat kala from ze pensil) [wɒt ‘kʌlʌ ɪz ðə ˈpensl]

The second player starts guessing:

Is it red?- He is red? (from it ed) [ɪz ɪt red]

First member:

No, it isn't.

Is it yellow?- He is yellow? (from it Yelou) [ɪzɪt ˈjeləʊ]

No, it isn't.- Not. (know, it iznt) [ ‘nəʊ ɪt ‘ɪznt]

Is it blue?- Is it blue? (from it blu) [ɪz ɪt bluː]

Yes, it is.- Yes. (eu it from) [ ˈjes it ‘iz]

It is also good to remember colors in English for children to help your questions on a walk, when cleaning toys - “What color is this?”. The more memory exercises you do, the faster and more lasting the effect will be.

So, as you can see, remembering the names of flowers in English will not be difficult for either adults or children. Now you can go further in learning English. And most importantly - do not forget from time to time to return to the passed words and use them in combination with the newly learned ones.

Color memory exercise

To consolidate the result, right now, you can go through the online exercise. We wish you success!

Complete the sentence with the missing word (color name)

Complete the sentences with the correct word combinations

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Colors bright I like ... colors bright I like ... colors bright I like ... colors bright I like .

Healthy yummy and are red fruit ... healthy yummy and are red fruit ... healthy yummy and are red fruit ... healthy yummy and are red fruit ... healthy yummy and are red fruit ... healthy yummy and are red fruits.

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Hello kids, their parents, nannies and teachers!

I noticed a long time ago that along with numbers, children love to learn words for colors in English. Apparently, therefore, according to the well-known law "The more interesting, the faster", they remember such words with lightning speed!

If you don't believe us, let's check it out right now! And let's start with songs and videos, which, I'll tell you, are just an abundance on the Internet. But I have chosen the best ones for you! And she provided a dictionary with a translation of those without a single Russian word))

So, learning colors in English for kids is our goal today! Go...

balloon - balloon
bye-bye - bye-bye
say "bye-bye" to all the beautiful balloons - say "bye-bye" to all the beautiful balloons!

Let "s learn the colors song together - Let's sing a song of flowers together
Apple is red - red apple
Leaves are green - leaves are green
Lemon is yellow - yellow lemon
Sky is blue - the sky is blue
Carrot is orange - orange carrots
Berries are purple - purple berries
Flowers are pink - pink flowers
Night and day for black and white - Night and day for black and white
Rainbows are always bright - rainbows are always bright

What colors do you like? - What colors do you like?
I like blue sky - I love the blue sky
I like green grass - I love green grass
I like purple butterflies - I love purple butterflies
I like yellow daisies - I love yellow daisies
Pink and orange sunsets - pink-orange sunsets
I like white - snowy white - I love white - snow white
Black of the night - Black as night
I like the brown of the earth in the ground - I love brown like the earth
I like blueberry-pie - I love blueberry pie
Green cabbage and broccoli - green cabbage and broccoli
I like yellow corn - I love yellow grain
Orange carrots too - orange carrots too
White mashed potato - white mashed potatoes
And a brown gravy stew
I like red strawberries - I love red strawberries
Purple grapes - purple grapes
I like pink grapefruit - I love pink grapefruit

There are also a lot of interesting things in Russian-language videos, but keep in mind that if the child is not more than 3 years old, it is better for him to show only English-language versions (those above). If he's older, it's up to you to decide. And if his age is approaching 8 years or more, then a video with Russian comments will be just right!

And here they are:

It's time to add to this riot of emotions and voiced cards in the form of a table (under it you will find a file for printing), which will help you repeat the colors and come up with different games with them.

The following game came to my mind: The kid chooses any card from your hands at random. When he sees a color, you are together or he himself must remember the word corresponding to the color, and then you go in search of an object of that color - at home, in the garden, on the street! When this stage is completed (several such sessions are required), you can do the opposite - show the baby an object and ask him to find a card with the appropriate color and pronounce it. Or you offer him two oral options, and he chooses.

You can invent games on the go - it's very easy and fun!

By the way, if you need a word with transcription, there is a service in the sidebar on the right that can provide it to you. Just enter the word and click "Transcribe"

And we continue:

	red
	green
	blue
	orange
	purple
	pink
	black
	white
	brown
	yellow

File for downloading and printing cards with colors and words in English

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I will also be glad to your comments with your questions, wishes or thoughts on today's topic.

English for kids: colors

Today we will learn the simplest words: COLORS in English.

Yellow - yellow (yellow)

Green - green (green)

Blue - blue, blue (blue)

Brown - brown (brown)

White - white (white)

Red - red (red)

Orange - orange (orange)

Pink - pink (pink)

Purple - purple (ash)

Black- black (black)

English colors for children: video

In this video you can listen to the pronunciation of all these colors.

Methods of teaching English to children

Learning English with children is necessary with the help of various kinds of visualizations. If a child writes 10 names of colors and says "Learn!". The probability that all the names of colors will be remembered is small! Children have a very well developed visual memory, and it is necessary to focus on it at primary school age.

For clarity, I presented a drawing of pencils. You can take 10 simple pencils and play with children.

Each new word must be fixed. Show a colored pencil and ask what color it is. You can come up with various exercises to fix the names of colors in English.

In our case, let's take drawn pencils with written colors. Children need to color them according to the name of the color. Children love to color, and they should enjoy this exercise. The main thing to remember is that learning English words with children must be combined with the game. Learning by playing is the most effective way to memorize words.

And one more task to fix. To the name of the color in English, you need to choose the appropriate shell.

In fact, the more memory exercises you do, the more effective it will be. ask your child “What color is this?” when you walk on the street, eat. Most importantly, don't get carried away. Too much will not lead to anything good either.

We have learned the colors! Therefore, we took the first step in learning English! Read my next articles, ask your questions, write wishes. I'll be glad to help 🙂 See you soon!