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Sabina Buribaeva, form
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School №2, Baymak

                                    
Scientific adviser:

                                                                   
   A.A.Syrlybaeva, a teacher of English

                                          
School №2, Baymak

Colours in English
idioms
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       In our time, learning English
as a language of international communication has become a necessity. It is
difficult to name the scope of human activity, where English is not used. When
studying it, reading fiction in the original, as well as in speech, we often
come across phraseological idioms, or idioms, which can be difficult to
understand, despite the fact that we know the translation of each word. In
English there are more than 15,000 idioms, which are studied by linguistic
scientists and collected in special dictionaries. The relevance of this study
is that the knowledge of stable expressions of the English language and their
use in oral and written speech makes it possible to make it more natural,
beautiful and expressive. The understanding of phraseological units in reading
fiction, in conversation, in writing, is an indication of the level of language
proficiency.

 The purpose of this work is to study
English idioms with a color component. This group of idioms is of greatest
interest to us, since the concept of color exists in every culture, with its
important information accumulated by the people, and the meaning of colors is
not always the same for different peoples.

To achieve the goal, we set ourselves the
following tasks:

1. To study the theoretical material on
the research topic;

 2.To identify idiomatic expressions with
a colorative component, using special dictionaries.

3.To investigate the level of
understanding and use in the speech of English idioms by high school students.

4.To develop a dictionary — a memo
«Colored idioms», with the purpose of placing it on the official
website of the school and in the offices of a foreign language.

The object of the study are idiomatic
expressions of the English language.

The subject of the study are the values
​​of idioms with the color designation and their use in speech, as well as the
level of knowledge and possession of them by high school students.

Research hypothesis is schoolchildren
rarely use the idioms of the English language due to the fact that it is very
difficult to catch the meaning of the expressions.

 Methods of research are analysis
of scientific literature, descriptive and comparative methods, questioning of
students.

The practical importance of this work lies
in the possibility of its use by students in English lessons, in preparation
for competitions and olympiads, as well as teachers of the English language. In
addition, the proposed material can be used by those wishing to expand and
deepen their knowledge in the language.

 1. The concept, characteristics and
classification of idiomatic expressions

     The word «idiom» comes from
the Greek «id
ίōma», which means «singularity,
originality.» In the modern dictionary of foreign words, the following
concept is given: an idiom is an indecomposable word only to a given language,
the meaning of which is not determined by the separate meanings of the words
entering into it. That is, an idiom is a phrase or expression in which words
used together have a definite meaning. Many idioms have similar meanings in
other languages, but there are idioms that are formed under the influence of
certain national and cultural features of the language, so they do not have an
equivalent in other languages. Linguists pay much attention to the cumulative
ability of idioms. Idioms, in comparison with other linguistic units,
accumulate more historical and cultural realities of the nation, traditions,
customs.

The study of absolutely all idioms is not
possible, therefore we have chosen the aim of our work to study idiomatic
expressions with a colorative component. This group of idioms is of greatest
interest to us, since the concept of color exists in every culture, with it is
important information accumulated by the people, and the meaning of colors is
not always the same for different people.

2. Idioms with a
color component Red

To be in the red

Literal translation is to bear losses,
have financial problems. The origin of this idiom is directly related to the
use of red ink by accountants when balancing. They redeemed the debts of their
customers in red, so the expression to be in the red became associated with a
difficult financial situation and debts. Accordingly, the phrase «to be
out the red» says that financial problems are resolved or a debt is paid.
Example: Being in the red we had to put off the purchase of a house. (We had to
postpone the purchase of the house because of financial problems).

A red-letter day

 Literal translation is the day of the red
letter: a holiday, a memorable day. The origin of this idiom has come from the
tradition of highlighting the red days of holidays in the calendar. In Russian
there is an analogue of this idiom — «Red day of the calendar».
Example: It was a holiday for Richard, since nobody bothered him. The word red
is found in many other idiomatic expressions, such as to see red, red-herring,
red-blooded.

Blue

The phrase» once in a blue moon»
means extremely rare. Such a phenomenon as the blue moon happens very rarely,
hence the origin of the expression once in a blue moon. In Russian, to denote
an event that happens very rarely, there is an expression «for some
time». Example: Once in a blue moon he called his mother (For some reason
he called his mother).

Blue collar

The phrase»  blue collar» means
working class. This expression emerged from the color of the blue uniform worn
by workers engaged in heavy physical labor. White collar expressions are also
used to refer to clerks, office employees engaged in mental work, pink collar —
servants of the service sector. Example: His father was a blue collar worker
(His father was a worker).

Black

To be in the black means  do not have
debts. This expression is related to the idiom to be in the red and is inverse
in meaning. Black ink in the accounts of the customer’s income was allocated.
Example: Our business has been in the black for five years (Our business has
been making a profit for five years already).

White

The phrase»  a white elephant» 
means to be of the burden, burdensome or ruinous property. The origin of the
expression is connected with the legend according to which the King of Siam
gave the faces of a white elephant objectionable to him. White elephants were
considered sacred animals and were not used as workers. The cost of keeping an
elephant ruined the recipient of such a gift. The Russian equivalent is the
expression «a suitcase without a handle». Example: We are having a
white elephant sale at school next week (Next week the school will sell off
unnecessary things).

Practical part

      Investigating the understanding of
English idioms by students

To understand the meaning of English
idioms, as well as the frequency of their use in speech, we conducted a
questionnaire among students of 9th, 10th and 11th grades of our school. The
number of respondents was 40 people. We offered the students 8 English idioms
and asked them to write down the idioms in Russian, and also indicate how often
they use them in oral and written speech:

1.to be in red — be in a difficult
financial situation

2. as white as sheet — pale about fear or
horror

3. a gray area — something indefinite

4. blue devils — longing, melancholy

5. black sheep — «white crow»,
«black sheep»

6. a red eye — a night voyage

7. a heart of gold — a man with a heart
of gold

8. blue blood — belonging to the
aristocracy of the survey

     The results showed that the students
were able to translate the proposed idioms into Russian, as they knew the words
included in their composition, but the true meaning of these idioms is known to
a small number of students. After studying the theoretical material and the
results of our questionnaire, we began to develop a memo. In our opinion, the
memo contains useful information for students of English.

Conclusion

     The use of idiomatic expressions in
speech makes it more expressive, vivid and rich. Having a rich stock of idioms
in his vocabulary, it is possible not only to understand the meaning of the
statement, its stylistic and emotional coloring, but it is also possible to
enrich your speech, make it more natural, which will certainly facilitate
communication with foreign colleagues and friends. In addition, we managed to
prove by examples that the literal translation of an expression is often wrong
and unacceptable. As a result of a questionnaire conducted by us in order to
find out how senior students of the English language are familiar with the
idioms of the English language, we found that students experience considerable
difficulties in translating idiomatic expressions with a color-coding component
(especially partial equivalents and equivalent-equivalent phraseological
units). Most respondents could verbally translate phraseological units, but
could not determine their significance. The students of our school very rarely
use English idioms in their speech, because they find it difficult to
understand the meaning of the expressions, which confirms our hypothesis.

Literature

 1. Vinogradov. V.V. On the main
types of phraseological units in the Russian language [text] // Dubrovin MI
Russian and English idioms .- M., 2001.- 140-161 sec.

2. Goldenkov, MA, Watch out! HOT DOG!
Modern active English, Moscow, 2004. — 272

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1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘red’?
2) What would the world be like without the color red?
3) Is the color red important in your country’s culture?
4) What things look good in red and what things do not?
5) How would you feel if you lived in a red house with everything red inside?
6) What human characteristics does the color red represent?
7) When was the last time you “saw red”?
8) Have you ever been “in the red” with the bank?
9) If a person’s favorite color is red, what kind of person are they?
10) Why aren’t red wine, red meat and red hair really red?
1) Have you ever been caught red-handed doing something you shouldn’t?
2) What red objects do you like most?
3) Why do the Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations use the color red?
4) Do you like the word ‘red’?
5) Do you ever get fed up of the red tape in local and national governments?
6) What idioms or expressions are there in your language using the word ‘red’?
7) What feelings does the color red express?
8) When was the last time you painted the town red?
9) Do you think brands like Ferrari and Coca Cola are better red?
10) Do you get a lot of red writing on your paper when your teacher returns your homework?

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We often use the word red in expressions and idioms.



Очень часто слово «красный» используется в пословицах и поговорках.


One can’t yet say to a child who is just beginning to speak and can use the words «red» and «blue»: «Come on, you know what this colour is called!»



Ребенку, который только что начал говорить и может использовать слова «красный» и «синий», еще нельзя сказать: «Не правда ли, ты знаешь, как называется этот цвет».


The word red sounds alike in many languages.


In many languages, the words red and coloured are synonyms.



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как по английски цвета

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Color plays an important role in our daily life. There are countless colors and their shades in the world around us. Let’s see what colors exist in English and how to remember them all.

Primary colors

So, all colors are divided into several categories.

Firstly, primary, secondary and tertiary colors are distinguished according to the principle of mixing.

  • To primary colors (primary colors) include red, yellow and blue.
  • When the primary colors are mixed, secondary (secondary colors) — purple (purple), green (green), orange (orange).
  • Tertiary (tertiary) appear as a result of mixing primary and secondary colors.

Secondly, the colors are divided into cold (cool), warm (warm) and neutral (neutral).

Neutral colors include white, black and gray.

Hues (shades, tints and tones)

In addition to colors, there are various shades, tones, halftones, which in English can be denoted by the same concept of hues or differ.

Tint is a light shade (+ white)

For example: pale green — pale green, light-gray — light gray.

  • light — light [laɪt].
  • Pale — light / pale [peɪl].

Tones — tones (+ gray)

The tone is obtained by adding gray to the base color.

Shade — dark shade (+ black)

For example, the deep red — burgundy, dark-brown — dark brown.

  • Dark — dark [dɑ: k].
  • Deep — saturated / deep [di: p].

Bright shades are indicated by the words:

  • bright — bright [braɪt];
  • hot — hot / sharp / bright [hɔt].

Other shades include:

  • dirty — faded, dirty [ˈdə: tɪ];
  • dull — dull, muffled [dʌl];
  • mat — matte [mæt];
  • moderate — restrained [ˈmɔd (ə) rɪt];
  • natural — natural, natural [ˈnæʧr (ə) l];

Source: https://4lang.ru/english/vocabulary/colors

Colors in English for beginners and advanced learners ⋆ Speakingo

как по английски цвета

Learning colors in English is one of the first steps we take when learning a language. In the article you will find both tips for learning colors in English, as well as some interesting details on this subject.

You shouldn’t have any major problems with color name associations. Even if you haven’t studied English before, some of the phrases will sound familiar. Some link directly to specific items and products. Others have added their name to popular events in the West, such as Blue Monday or Black Friday in January.

But let’s start with the key question: how do we spell «color» in English?

Color or Color

Color and color are different notations of the same word. Color is preferred in American English spelling. Color in the rest of its declensions, but mostly we are talking about British English.

The difference extends to everything that comes from words.

American spelling British spelling Transfer
colored colored color
coloring coloring coloring
colorful colorful colorful
discolor discolor bleach

Read also: Why is it so hard to learn English? (Coming soon)

Colors in English — spelling, pronunciation and popular associations

white (waɪt) white | white snow — white as snow

brown (braʊn) brown | brown coffee — brown like coffee

black (blæk) black | black cat — black cat

red(red) red | red pepper — Red pepper

purple (ˈPɜːpəl) purple | purple a plum — purple as cream

Blue (bluː) blue | blue sky — blue sky

Orange(ˈⱰrɪndʒ) orange | orange an orange — orange like orange

pink(pɪŋk) pink | pink flamingos — pink flamingo

grey(ɡreɪ) gray | gray a mouse — gray as a mouse

(and here in American English we write gray, and both forms are correct)

green(ɡriːn) green | green grass — green as grass

gold(ˈꞬəʊld) gold | a heart of gold — heart of gold

yellow(ˈJeləʊ) yellow | yellow cheese — yellow like cheese

silver(ˈSɪlvə) silver | silver cutlerysilver like cutlery

American and English pronunciation of flowers

As always, instead of playing a phonetic recording, it’s best to just listen to:

Talk about flowers

Knowing individual colors in English is one thing. The next step is to be able to talk about them. Learn phrases and expressions that will help you communicate fluently.

To find out from our interlocutor what color the object should be, we can ask:

What color is it? /What is color?/

If we want to know a person’s preferences, we ask:

What color do you prefer? /What color do you prefer?/

(You can also askWhich color do you prefer? /What color do you prefer? )

When shopping, we can ask the seller:

Do you have it in a different color? /Do you have it in a different color? / 

Or you can ask just like Batman asked his engineer after the test drive: Does it come in black «is there black» when he was choosing his Batmobile

Source: https://speakingo.com/ru/cveta-na-anglijskom/

Colors in English. Primary colors with transcription and pronunciation

как по английски цвета
Hello friends! The color palette in English has no boundaries. As in Russian, for «beginners» the color spectrum is most often reduced to the main color.

Light green, emerald, pistachio — green. Therefore, for those who are at the initial stage, it is best to remember the list of basic words.

Colors in English with translation

Here are ten primary colors that students begin to introduce to when learning English.

Yellow — yellow (Elou) [ˈjeləʊ]

Green — green (green) [ɡriːn]

Blue — blue, blue (blue) [bluː]

Brown — brown (brown) [braʊn]

White — white (white) [waɪt]

Red Level — red (ed) [red] 

Orange — orange (Orange) [ˈɒrɪndʒ]

Pink — pink (pink) [pɪŋk]

Gray — gray (gray) [ɡreɪ]

Black — black (black) [blæk]

After you master the first ten colors in English, you can add ten more colors to your dictionary, which you can often find in different situations.

Beige — beige (badge) [beɪʒ]

Golden — gold, golden (goulden) [ˈɡəʊldən]

Emerald — Emerald (Emerald) [ˈemərəld]

Coral — coral (coral) [ˈkɒrəl]

Copper — copper (kopa) [ˈkɒpə]

Olive — olive (Olive) [ˈɒlɪv]

Purple — purple, purple (ash) [ˈpɜːpəl]

Silver — silver, silver (silva) [ˈsɪlvə]

Lilac — lilac (lailak) [ˈlaɪlək]

Khaki — khaki (kAki) [ˈkɑːki]

Pronunciation of flowers in English

      yellow

      green

      Blue

      brown

      white

      RED

      Orange

      pink

      gray

      black

      beige

      golden

      emerald

      coral

      copper

      olive

      purple

      silver

      lilac

      khaki

In addition to the name of the color, sometimes you need to name the shade. Shade names can be identified by adding specific adjectives to the base color. For example: bright, dark, light, etc. They will allow you to convey the color saturation of the described phenomenon or object. Here are some words to help you pinpoint the color you want.

Light — light (light) [laɪt]

Dark — dark (dak) [dɑːk]

Bright — bright (bright) [braɪt]

dull — dim (dal) [dʌl]

Pale — pale (pale) [peɪl]

Color name table in English

Name of flowers in English with Russian transcription Primary colors Color Name in English Transcription Pronunciation in Russian letters Name in Russian

English name of primary colors with Russian transcription
black Black [blak] (black) Black
darkblue Dark blue [dɑːk bluː] (yes: to blue:) Navy blue
blue Blue [blue] (blue:) Blue
royalblue Royal blue [ˈRɔɪəl bluː] (royal blue:) Royal blue
darkgreen Dark green [dɑːkɡriːn] (yes: to gri: n) Dark green
green Green [ɡriːn] (gri: n) Green
teal Teal [tiːl] (ty: l) Chirkovy
lime color lime Lime [laɪm] (laim) Lime
cyan Cyan [saɪˈæn] (saen) Cyan blue
turquoise Turquoise [ˈTəːkwɔɪz] (cho: quoise) Turquoise
indigo Indigo [ˈꞮndɪɡəʊ] (i’ndigou) Indigo
aquamarine Aquamarine [ˈAkwəməˈriːn] (a´kwameri´: n) Aquamarine
purple Purple [ˈPəːp (ə) l] (pa’pl) Purple
olive Olive color Olive [ˈⱰlɪv] (olive) Olive
gray Gray [ɡreɪ] (gray) Gray
darkred Dark red [dɑːk red] (yes: ed.) Dark red
sienna Sienna [sɪˈɛnə] (sienna) Ocher Siena
brown Brown [braʊn] (brown) Brown
darkgray Dark gray [dɑːkɡreɪ] (yes: to gray) Dark grey
silver Silver [ˈSɪlvə] (silve) Silver
peru Peruvian color Peru [pəˈruː] (pee’ru) Peruvian
chocolate Chocolate [ˈTʃɒk (ə) lət] (choclead) Chocolate
tan yellowish brown Tan [taen] (te’n) Tan
orchid Orchid [ˈƆːkɪd] (o’kyd) light purple orchid
crimsonRaspberry color Crimson [ˈKrɪmz (ə) n] (krimzin) Crimson
violet Purple [ˈVʌɪələt] (willet) Purple lilac color
red Red Level [RED] (red) Red
orange Orange [ˈⱰrɪn (d) ʒ] (or’inch) Orange orange
pink Pink [pɪŋk] (pink) Pink
gold Gold [ɡəʊld] (Gold) Golden golden color
yellow Yellow [ˈJɛləʊ] (eleu) Yellow
white White [wʌɪt] (white) White

Listen and try to hear these expressions in the song about colors:

      Song_Colors

  • red apples — red apples
  • orange oranges — orange oranges
  • yellow sun — yellow sun
  • green trees — green trees
  • blue sky — blue sky
  • purple flower — purple flower
  • white clouds — white clouds
  • gray stones — gray stones
  • black cats — black cats
  • brown teddy bear — brown bears
  • pink rose — pink rose

Colors in English. Color Songs

Source: http://englishfox.ru/tsveta-na-anglijskom-yazyke.html

Colors in English for kids and adults

Color is one of the first visual impressions in life! Colors are very important to children and retain their meaning for life. So it is not surprising that colors in English begin to be studied at the Beginner (or Elementary) level.

What is your favorite color called in English? Surely very beautiful and melodic, like all colors in English. Many of them stand for the flower that gave them their name. And shades and semitones sound like poetry. And the names of colors in English greatly expand the vocabulary for reading books in English and watching films in the original. Or bright Disney cartoons (here is a beautiful selection of cartoons in English for children and adults).

We usually teach colors in English in the first grade of school (if not earlier) or in language courses in the first stages of education. And these classes are easy and fun — the topic is nice. But we suggest that you complicate the task a little and go further: start with the primary colors, and then continue with the study of shades and midtones. A presentation with a translation will make the task easier, and a transcription will help you work with pronunciation.

Basic colors in English with translation

We will repeat the basic, that is, the simplest, colors in order to master more complex shades with their help and learn how to use them in the text. Basic colors in English are the basis of the color wheel:

  • red [red] — red
  • yellow [ˈjeləʊ] — yellow
  • cyan / blue [ˈsaɪ.ən] / [bluː] — blue

Mixing these colors creates additional (so-called «secondary») colors:

  • orange [ˈɒrɪndʒ] — orange
  • green [ɡriːn] — green
  • violet / purple [ˈvaɪələt] / [ˈpɜːpl] — purple

But you can continue mixing and get even more complex shades:

  • light-green — light green
  • light-blue — blue
  • blue-green — aqua (blue-green)
  • dark-blue — blue
  • pink — pink
  • magenta — raspberry
  • brown — brown

Shades in English with translation

«Shade» in English is shade. Hue, like color, can be:

  • cool — cold
  • warm — warm
  • neutral — neutral
  • dull — dull
  • intense — saturated.

The formation of shades occurs not only in separate words, reflecting the result of mixing the base colors. Shades exist to lighten, darken and combine different colors in every possible way. And there is a special word for every action:

  • light or pale — lighter
  • dark or deep — darker

You can simply say that the hue is somewhere in between the two primary colors. In each case, the name of the color is written with a hyphen. For example:

  • red-orange — red-orange
  • blue-violet — blue-violet, ultramarine
  • pale-pink — pale pink
  • light-blue — light blue
  • dark-gray — dark gray
  • deep-red — burgundy, dark red.

But there is a nuance that is sometimes not taken into account in the American version of the English language (we wrote about the difference between American and British English in this article), but is important for the British one.

The names of complex colors and shades are written with a hyphen if they appear in front of a noun in the sentence, for example: a pale-pink dress (pale pink dress).

If the name of the color does not come before the noun, we write it without a hyphen: my favorite dress is pale pink (my favorite dress is pale pink).

Colors in English for kids

Children can easily memorize colors in English, especially basic ones. Short words quickly become fixed in memory. And to memorize more complex colors and shades, you can use a game with illustrations for children, in which the name of the color is associated with the name of a beautiful flower, juicy fruit or an appetizing dessert. For example:

What is drawn Color in English Transcription Color in Russian
Lilac branch Lilac [ˈLaɪlək] lilac
Violets purple [ˈVaɪə.lət] violet
Peach peach [piːtʃ] peach
Apricot apricot

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Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting. And every knowledge hunter wants to know all the colors and shades in English in order to describe the natural beauties that come his way.

After all, how sometimes you want to say something like: “Look at this golden sunset, dissolving behind the pale green and blue hills, throwing the last crimson flashes on them” In English say. But a sigh and the phrase “The sky is beautiful” escaped from my chest.

You may already know basic colors in English, but let’s take a deeper look at this question.

The colors of the rainbow spectrum in English

Run Off You Girls, Boys In View! (Run, girls, boys are coming!) This is one of the special phrases used to memorize the sequence of colors in English. Here is another such «memory»: Richard Of York Gbird Blive In Vain (Richard of York gave the battle in vain). Let’s walk through the spectrum.

Colors in English with transcription and translation:

So we have already met with cultural differences: a little confusion with the blue color and incomprehensible for Russian speakers «indigo».

Newton came up with the idea of ​​including indigo in the rainbow. He took as a basis the idea that, since there are seven musical notes, the colors of the rainbow must also be seven. Indigo  it is a deep deep blue tending towards red. Note that the stress in the English word should be on the first syllable, and not on the second, as in Russian. Previously, the pigment for indigo paint was obtained from the plant of the same name in India, therefore this color is also called «indian blue».

Why are «blue» and «cyan» designated the same? «Blue» — what color is it really? Answer: both blue and light blue. In English, there are no separate words for light blue and dark blue.

Blue color translates into English as light blue (and «light», too  light coloured).

Color, shade and tint

«Color» in English is color (in the American version it is written color).The word will be easy to remember if you have ever done a renovation. You may remember that a special pigment is sold in hardware stores, which is called a color scheme, the mixture is tinted with it, that is, they create exactly the paint that you need.

While in Russian we use one word — «shade» to denote a variety of the same color, in English this can be expressed in two words  tint и shade… The difference is that tint  this is the shade that is obtained by adding white to the base color, and shade  black. That is, in the case of tint, the paint will turn out to be lighter, more pastel, while shade gives depth.  

The table above does not include the names of many colors, which, nevertheless, are actively used in everyday speech.

Frequently used English colors with translation into Russian:

Black: what color is it? Of course, black. In English, like in our native language, he is associated with something bad, evil. For example, to a person who did something nasty to you, you can say: “Your soul is as black as night«(Your soul is black as night).

Rђ RІRѕS, Black Sheep. (black sheep) is not necessarily someone bad, but the attitude towards him, to put it mildly, is not very good. black sheep Is an idiom describing an outcast, a «black sheep», a person who is not accepted by the environment:

Source: https://puzzle-english.com/directory/colours

Colors in English: the whole palette of English

In speech, we are often faced with the need to describe something: buildings, clothing, food, animals, and much more. Of all the external attributes that can be described, the most obvious is color. That is why it is so important to know colors in English.

All colors are conventionally divided into general, tones or tints, half-tints or semi-tones and shades.

Shades, tones, semitones

In order to clarify the depth or intensity of a color, words such as deep (deep, saturated), light (light), dark (dark), pale (pale) and many others are used. For example:

  • dark-green (dark green)
  • pale-red

However, shades and tones have and independent names… There are a huge number of them. We will give just a few of them.

  • amber (amber)
  • aqua (sea wave)
  • aquamarine (aquamarine)
  • ash (ash gray)
  • azure
  • beige (beige)
  • berry (berry)
  • bronze (bronze)
  • buff (light brown)
  • burgundy (burgundy)
  • burly wood (yellowish)
  • burnt (burnt)
  • cadet blue (gray-blue)
  • cambridge blue (light blue)
  • cerise (light cherry)
  • chartreuse (pale green)
  • chartreuse (greenish yellow)
  • chlorine (light green)
  • chocolate (chocolate)
  • claret (bordeaux)
  • cocoa (cocoa color)
  • copper
  • coral (coral)
  • cornflower (cornflower blue)
  • cornsilk (silk shade)
  • cream (cream)
  • cyan (greenish blue)
  • emerald (emerald)
  • fallow (light yellow)
  • firebrick (brick)
  • forest green (khaki)
  • fuchsia (fuchsia)
  • garnet (dark red)
  • ghostwhite (ghost white)
  • golden (golden)
  • honeydew (honey)
  • hot pink (warm pink)
  • indigo (indigo)
  • ivory (ivory)
  • jade (yellowish green)
  • khaki (khaki)
  • lavender (lavender)
  • lavender (lavender)
  • avender blush (blue with a red tint)
  • lemon (lemon)
  • lime (lime color)
  • liver-colored (dark chestnut)
  • magenta (magenta)
  • magenta (fuchsin)
  • maroon (maroon)
  • mastic (pale yellow, mastic color)
  • mauve (mauve)
  • mazarine (dark blue)
  • mint (mint)
  • murrey (dark red)
  • navy blue (dark blue)
  • nutmeg (nutmeg color)
  • olive (olive)
  • olive green — olive green
  • oyster white (grayish white)
  • peach (peach)
  • pearl (pearl)
  • petunia (dark purple)
  • pewter (pewter)
  • photo magenta (light magenta)

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Learning colors in English. Study colors in English

You can start learning colors in English from the earliest age of 2,5 years. It is from this age that developing clubs and courses for the smallest are usually invited to kids. The topic is very simple, but the possibilities to use it in your classes are endless.

Don’t try to introduce children to all the colors of the rainbow at once. It is difficult for children to memorize a large number of words at once, and confusion can also arise.

Start with a couple of colors, adding the names of animals, fruits, or objects with the corresponding color to the vocabulary along the way.

Poems, conventions and rhymes for learning colors in English

I recommend using agreements (rhymes in Russian with the addition of English words) for children under 5 years old. And for preschoolers, all the same, to complicate the task a little by memorizing rhymes completely in English. There are a lot of poems and rhymes about the colors of the rainbow in English. I will just give examples of those that I like and which I personally use in my classes.

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Red and yellow, blue and green, Blue and green, blue and green, Red and yellow, blue and green,

Black and white and brown.

Orange, purple, pink and gray, Pink and gray, pink and gray, Orange, purple, pink and gray,

Black and white and brown.

ColoursLearning colors I becameColor in English color. I have no doubts Red is of course red. Approaching the cat ate yolk yellow. Yellow Yellow. I am tone, going to the dachine color of course Blue. Very black black jack, black in English black.

A brown dress bought this Frau, We know very precisely, brown brown. Oh, not ripe tangerine. It’s green, just green. Gray mouse, run away quickly! Gray in English is gray. Mouse — mouse, cat — cat White white, and black black .Pink roses fall into the ring.

The color is beautiful pink, in English pink.

Songs for learning colors colors in english

I really like to use songs in English in my classes. I think they are better remembered than poetry. They are rhythmic and you can perform some actions under them. I often use video materials in my activities with toddlers. And not only songs, but also a video introducing new vocabulary.

  They help to switch the child’s attention a little and diversify the lesson. Just don’t get carried away by watching videosotherwise the kids will get bored. First, just let the kids watch the video without comment. Further be sure to analyze what you saw, ask questions, stop the video at the right moment.

I really like the songs for learning colors in English. which I show you on this page. They are simple. There are no unnecessary words in them that would be difficult for children to pronounce.

№ 1

For active games, I use large color circles. They can be scattered on the floor, I name the color, and the children must find and stand on it.

№ 2

You can diversify this game with a song. We turn on the song, the children dance, run in a circle, I stop the music and name the color. Children quickly look for the appropriate circle and get up on it.

№ 3

Another version of this game «touch the color» when the teacher calls out a color, and the children have to find something of the given color in the room and touch it. If they don’t find anything in the room, they can look for this color on their clothes.

№ 4

To study colors, you can adapt the Twister game. I also have these Twister Moves rugs that kids love. I name two colors at once — for the left and right legs and we get a little dance. There are only four colors on the rug, so I use the same color wheels to fix the rest of the colors. Place four circles of different colors in the same way as on the musical Twister and continue playing.

№ 5

Any colored toys and improvised materials are suitable for learning flowers in English: multi-colored cubes and a constructor, balls, ice cream sticks, large buttons, counting sticks, pencils, etc.

My guys really like putting the constructor together in the right order. You can give a ready-made card with a turret from parts of the constructor of different colors, asking the children to assemble the same one. You can complicate the task simply by naming out loud (say several times) several colors and the children also assemble the tower.

№ 6

The study of colors in English is inextricably linked with the study of numbers and geometric shapes. Alternatively, you can build chains of various geometric shapes, ask the children to make the same chain, and then count the figures used.

№ 7

Place the colored balls in a dark bag. Children, putting their hand into the bag, say “I think it is red (blue, green ..)” and take out the ball. If the color matches, they keep the ball, if not, then put it back in the bag.

№ 8

«Get into the basket.» For this game you will need colored plastic balls and a basket (box). The balls can be made with your own hands from crumpled sheets of paper of different colors. Give your child a task — make a sentence, name a picture, etc.

If the child does everything right, the teacher gives him the opportunity to throw the ball into the basket (box). For each hit, the child receives one point. do not forget to name the colors of the balls. which we throw. At the end, you can count how many balls are in the basket and what color they are.

which balls are more.

Color learning worksheets in english

As always, I don’t focus too much on the worksheets, as there are so many of them on the Internet. I also don’t have any favorite worksheets for learning the colors of the rainbow in English. I’m looking for something new every time. fresh. I look at the mood, level of the child, his character.

Source: https://repetitorelena.ru/2018/05/31/izuchaem-cveta-na-angliyskom-yazyke-study-colors-in-engl/

All the colors of the rainbow in English

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If you are fond of art or fashion, you will be interested to know about all the existing colors and their shades. So get to know them now!

The whole world around us is full of colors: all objects and everything around has its own color. In order to fully describe the world around us, the basic colors of the rainbow are not enough. In this article, you will learn about all the colors and their various shades.

Composite colors

To express the degree of color saturation, you can use the words light (light), dark (dark), pale (pale):

Light green light green
dark red Dark red
pale yellow pale yellow

In order to combine two colors in one adjective, the conjunction and is used:

noir et blanc black and white
red and orange red-orange

Variety of colors

Of course, each of the primary colors has many shades, and there are many words for them in English. Here are just a few examples:

amber amber aquamarine aquamarine
azure azure, sky blue beige beige
burgundy burgundy, wine cream cream
crimson crimson, crimson cyan cyan, greenish blue
emerald emerald gold, golden gold, golden
ivory ivory khaki khaki
lavender lavender, lavender lilac lilac
magenta magenta, fuchsia maroon red-brown, maroon
navy blue dark blue (color of the uniform of naval officers) olive olive
ocher ocher pink pink
purple purple, violet scarlet scarlet
silver, silvery silver teal blue-green, dark turquoise
turquoise turquoise viridian emerald green

And here is what the names of the primary colors sound like in English:

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Colors in English. Lesson three. Colors

This English lesson is the third in a row and is included in the «English for Beginners» section. If you just joined us, here are the links to the first English lessons for beginners:

  1. First lesson. Seasons and months.
  2. Lesson two. Days of the week.

The third lesson also applies to the basic level: today we will study colors in english — COLORS.

Lesson Three «Colors in English» from the cycle «English for Beginners»

1. Try reading a few simple sentences in English first.

  1. There are a lot of colors.
  2. The main colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, gray, black, brown, pink.
  3. Each color has a meaning.

2. Listen how colors are pronounced in English.

3. Read the color names using transcription.

  1. red [red] — red
  2. orange [‘ɔrɪnʤ] — orange
  3. yellow [‘jeləu] — yellow
  4. green [gri: n] — green
  5. blue [bluː] — blue (blue)
  6. purple [‘pɜːpl] — purple
  7. white [wait] — white
  8. gray [grei] — gray
  9. black [blæk] — black
  10. brown [braun] — brown
  11. pink [pɪŋk] — pink

4.An exercise.  Add the color you want: white, gray, orange, blue. Read and translate.

  1. Red and yellow make ____________.
  2. Yellow and ____________ make green.
  3. Black and white make _________.
  4. Red and_________make pink.

5. Read small textEnglish

These are the words to remember:

  1. color [‘kʌlə] — color
  2. favorite [‘feɪv (ə) rɪt] — favorite
  3. love [lʌv] — love, to love
  4. feel [fi: l] — to feel
  5. feeling [‘fiːlɪŋ] — feeling
  6. heart [hɑːt] — heart
  7. life [laif] — life
  8. fire [‘faɪə] — fire
  9. nature [‘neɪʧə] — nature
  10. the sun [sʌn] — sun
  11. mind [maind] — brain

Also in the text you will come across unfamiliar words. Clicking on a word that you do not know, see its translation. Record the word in the dictionary with transcription. Remember you learning english on your own… The initiative is yours!

What is Your Favorite Color? (text in English for beginners)

people think that colors have words. They connect them with some objects or feelings in their at least

The RED color is the color of fire. It is a color of love, too.
If RED is your favorite color, it means that heart your rules Life.

The YELLOW color is the color of the sun… It is a joyful color and usually makes you happy.

The GREEN color is the color of nature, trees and grass. It means harmony and peace and makes you feel relaxed.

The BLUE color is the color of the sky. It is a cold color and may dull your emotions.
If BLUE is your favorite color, it means that your mind your rules life.

Most people associate WHITE with good and BLACK with evil. But in some countries in the east BLACK is a good color and WHITE is not.

6. Read the color names again and translate them:

  1. red [red]
  2. orange [‘ɔrɪnʤ]
  3. yellow [‘jeləu]
  4. green [gri: n]
  5. blue [bluː]
  6. purple [‘pɜːpl]
  7. white [wait]
  8. gray [grei]
  9. black [blaek]
  10. brown
  11. pink [pɪŋk]

7. Translate and remember more a few simple expressions with color names for beginners:

  1. red apples — red apples
  2. orange oranges — orange oranges
  3. yellow sun — yellow sun
  4. green trees — green trees
  5. blue sky — blue sky
  6. purple flower — purple flower
  7. white clouds — white clouds
  8. gray stones — gray stones
  9. black cats — black cats
  10. brown teddy bear — brown bears
  11. pink rose — pink rose

8. Listen and try to hear these expressions in the song about colors:

And if you want to see the colors, then here it is video about colors.

On this I say goodbye to you. See you in the next English lesson for beginners — Numbers in English COMING SOON

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Colors in English — Shade Formation Rules | English is easy!

The color spectrum consists of 10 million different colors and shades, which not everyone can name even in Russian, but this is not necessary. It is enough to know the basic colors and shades. Every beginner to learn a foreign language must learn the basic colors in English, which does not cause any particular difficulties.

But, as in Russian, colors in English are cold, warm and neutral, as well as saturated (vibrant, intense) and dithered (dithered). The basic color scheme in English (colors — BrE / colors — AmE) also assumes division into shades.

Color wheel in english

Let’s consider the basic colors in English with translation using the example of a color wheel. It contains 12 basic colors, not including 3 neutral colors — white, black and gray (gray — BrE / gray — AmE).

The circle consists of three primary colors — red, yellow and blue, which form three secondary (secondary): green, orange and purple. By mixing primary and secondary colors, six more tertiary versions are formed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSl3ymYWWyAu0026list=PLVqzR00tTxuaRqCKNtKslpSzWqhEV68ff

At the same time, all 12 elements of the circle are well combined with each other, creating color harmonies.

Table of names of elements of the color wheel in English with translation

English Russian
red
Orange
brown
beige
yellow
lime green
green
blue
blue-green
blue
фиолетовый
pink / crimson

Remember that when colors stand in front of a noun, that is, they characterize it, they are hyphenated: a light-magenta suit — a crimson suit. If the color is after the noun, then its name is written without a hyphen: This suit is light magenta — This suit is crimson.

Color specifications in English

So, there are cold and warm shades of colors. Cold ones are called so because they give a calm and soothing impression. Warm shades, on the contrary, are vivid and bright, energetic.

Each of the 12 primary colors has a variety of tones, midtones and shades, which in English are referred to by the common word «hues». And for their designation several concepts are used: «a tint», «a tone» and «a shade».

Tints are created by adding white to a hue. By adding gray to the pure color, you get «a tone». And if black is added to the pure, then «a shade» is formed.

Most shades and tones are formed in English quite simply — by adding to the main color the words «light- / pale-» — for light shades, «dark- / deep-» — for dark ones:

  • — dark grey;
  • — pale pink;
  • — burgundy, dark red;
  • — light brown.

However, some shade names are formed by the «addition» of two colors:

  • — greenish yellow;
  • — red-orange;
  • — blue-violet, indigo.

Also, some names have names that defy general rules. You just need to remember them. Examples of some of them:

  • — lilac;
  • — hot pink;
  • — turquoise;
  • — coral;
  • — scarlet, «poppy»;
  • — cinnabar, matte red
  • — bronze;
  • — silver;
  • — golden;
  • — burgundy;
  • — indigo.

Another group of shades was named according to the similarity with the characteristics of the natural color of representatives of flora and fauna, food, things:

  • — eggplant;
  • — apricot;
  • — olive;
  • — deep blue (literally — the color of a peacock);
  • — bright yellow (literally — canary);
  • — plum;
  • — mustard;
  • — salmon (pink-coral);
  • — chocolate;
  • — denim blue.

To memorize colors in English, name the objects around you and their color characteristics in English. For example, a olive sofa, a silver fridge, pale-pink walls, socks dark blue.

English colors for children

Children do not need to know all the colors in English and their many shades. It is enough for them to learn 15 basic elements of the color spectrum.

Colors in English for children with pronunciation (with transcription) and translation into Russian:

English Pronunciation Russian
(elow) [ˈjeləʊ] yellow
(green) [ɡriːn] green
(blu) [bluː] blue, blue
(brown) [braʊn] brown
(white) [waɪt] white
(ed) [red] red
(orange) [ˈɒrɪndʒ] Orange
(pink) [pɪŋk] pink
(gray) [ɡreɪ] gray
(black) [blæk] the black
(badge) [beɪʒ] beige
(goulden) [ˈɡəʊldən] golden
(ash) [ˈpɜːpəl] purple, purple
(silva) [ˈsɪlvə] silver
(lailak) [ˈlaɪlək] lilac

The pronunciation of colors in English for children does not have to be honed to the slightest nuance of speech. They will easily remember them, because the given basic colors are indicated by monosyllabic words and are easy to remember.

How to ask for color in English

When studying a foreign speech, you need to know how to correctly ask a color in English, what color a particular object is. For this, the construction is used What color? (what colour).

Dialog example:

— What is this? (What is it?)

— This is a flower. (This is a flower)

— What color is it? (What colour is he?)

— It is yellow. (He is yellow).

Learn colors in English in a playful way

Remember the simple structure:

— Is it (color name)?

— He (name of color)?

— Yes, it is. (Yes.)

— No, it isn’t. (No.)

Dialog example:

— What color is the pencil? (What color is the pencil?)

— Is it red? (He is red?)

— No, it isn’t. (No. )

— Is it blue? (Is it blue?)

— Yes, it is. (Yes.)

So, it is not difficult to learn the basic colors in English and the rules for their formation — just name the color characteristics of all the objects and objects around you. Practical exercises also contribute to quick memorization.

Color memorization exercises

To repeat the colors in English and consolidate the result, do practical exercises to memorize the color wheel and shades in English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xl9zb6phPMu0026list=PLVqzR00tTxuaRqCKNtKslpSzWqhEV68ff

Colors Exercises

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Colors and shades in English

The topic of colors and shades in English is much deeper and more interesting than it might seem at first glance. In this article, we have collected detailed information about colors in English. You will understand the difference between color synonyms, compare color designations in English and other languages, learn English associations with different colors, learn to name complex shades in English and use idioms with color names in English.

Color-color

The traditional term for color in English is color. The word came into English from Old French and retained the French spelling — color, although the pronunciation has changed. The French word, in turn, comes from the Latin color.

In modern English, there are two spellings of a word: color and color with the same pronunciation. The first option is traditionally used in Great Britain, the second is the American simplification, which has become very common.

In Russian, the word “color” itself is often used in speech in combination with the name of the color, for example, “The book is red”. In English, this is not usually said, the names of colors are most often not accompanied by the word color, for example: The book is red or a red book. A common mistake for beginners to learn English is to say literally «something has a color»: The book has red color. Color names are used only with the verb to be, without the term color itself.

If you still need to insert the word color into the sentence, then use the expression red / blue / white in color: The book is red in color.

The word color has several synonyms in English, with slightly different meanings:

  • Tint — tint, ebb.
  • Hue — shade, tone.
  • Tone — tone, tonality.
  • Shade — shade, shadow.

All these words have similar meanings, and even native speakers do not always know which term to use in which situation, although they usually guess intuitively. Professionals say that hue is the most common word, initial shades from the palette. If you add white to this color, you get different shades — tints. If you make the color darker by adding black, but you get shadows — shades. And by adding gray, we get different tones — tones.

Color designation systems in languages

Color is not an objective characteristic of an object. The color spectrum is continuous, it can be divided into separate parts only arbitrarily: for example, conditionally highlight «blue», «green», «yellow» areas. All peoples divide the palette into several basic areas. They form the so-called base colors, which are also called primary or absolute.

Basic colors in a language are terms that meet three requirements:

  1.      Often used.
  2.      Consist of one word.
  3.      All native speakers are perceived as basic.

Since the basic colors are not objective and add up historically, they do not coincide in different languages. For example, the ancient Greeks did not have the basic word «blue» in their language, and the sky and the sea were «the colors of wine» — blue and red, as the Russian people used to represent them, were a single color of various shades.

If you compare the terms of color in modern English and Welsh, you can also see discrepancies: what the English call blue and gray, the Welsh denote with one word glas, and the Welsh word for «green» — gwyrdd — includes only pure green shades, without the slightest admixture of blue : green with a subtle turquoise tint the Welshman would call blue.

In modern languages, the number of basic color designations varies from 2 to 12. There are peoples on earth who use only two basic words for color, everything else is shades. For example, in one of the Papuan languages, the base colors are muli (black, green, blue) and mola (white, red, yellow).

Color designation systems in English and Russian are very similar, with one big exception: Russian has 12 base colors, and English 11. The English word blue is used for both blue and blue.

Of course, the Englishman sees the difference between them, but for him they are different shades of the same color: dark blue and light blue.

The English language has a word azure — blue, but it cannot be considered a base color, since most speakers will prefer to say bright blue or light blue.

Here is a list of basic colors in English:

  • Black — black
  • White — white
  • Red — red
  • Green — green
  • Yellow — yellow
  • Blue — blue
  • Brown — brown
  • Orange — orange
  • Pink — pink
  • Purple — purple, purple
  • Gray — gray

Blue is not the only difference in color naming systems in English and Russian. The rest of the base colors do not always match exactly. For example, the Russian word «violet» refers to the bluer shades of the spectrum than the English purple, which can be described as mixing blue with red.

The colors of the rainbow in English

A good example of a continuous spectrum is a rainbow. It is composed of all the colors of the visible spectrum: the shades smoothly transition into each other, forming many intermediate variants. But people find it easier to divide the rainbow into finite components.

In both Russian and English culture, seven colors are distinguished in the rainbow. Perhaps the beginning of such a tradition was laid by the famous English scientist Newton: he was the first to distinguish seven shades in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. The last two colors are not considered basic in English and are used less frequently than the others.

In English, there are analogs of the mnemonic phrase «Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting», which helps to remember the colors of the rainbow: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain or Roy G. Biv.

English associations with flowers

Speakers of different cultures and languages ​​not only distinguish colors from the continuous spectrum in different ways, but also perceive them differently. All sorts of associations are associated with colors and shades. For example, in Christian cultures, white is associated with light, something good and right, and black with unpleasant events. There are many such associations, and we propose to consider only the most common basic colors in English.

White — white. This color in the English language picture of the world is associated with good, joy, honesty: a virtuous person is called whiter than white — whiter than white. The word white serves as a good characteristic for many things and phenomena: white hope is the name for a person who brings success, and white lie is a lie for salvation.

Black — black. This color is the opposite of white. It is associated with darkness, death, bad events: black day is a bad day, black look is a frown, black as hell is pitch darkness. In the 20th century, the English word black became associated with illegal activities. This is how the expressions black market, black economy, blackmail appeared.

Red — red. In Western Christian culture, red is the color of the devil, while Eastern Christians consider black to be a devilish color. In English, red is associated with blood: the expression to take somebody red-handed means «to catch red-handed», literally — «to catch with red (blood-stained) hands.» The word red is also used by the English for red hair.

Blue — blue. In English culture, blue is the color of fidelity, as Jeffrey Chaucer wrote about. Some linguists attribute this association to the fact that the words true and blue rhyme. This is probably why in the English wedding tradition there is a prescription for the bride to wear something blue: something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. In English, blue is also considered the color of sadness: to feel blue means “to be sad,” and the style name blues comes from this meaning.

Green — green. As in Russian, green in English is associated with youth or ill health. They say about the young years of a person — green years. And about feeling unwell — to turn green. Green in English is the color of jealousy: Shakespeare called jealousy the green-eyed monster.

Yellow — yellow. In English culture, there is an association of yellow with cowardice: a cowardly person is called yellow-bellied or simply yellow. The Russian expression «yellow press» is a tracing paper from the English yellow press.

Shades

There are dozens of shade names in English. Don’t try to memorize them all — not every native speaker knows words like viridian — blue-green, periwinkle — light violet-blue, or drab — dull greenish gray-brown.

Here are some of the most common shades in English:

  • Silver — silver
  • Nacreous — pearlescent
  • Turquoise — turquoise
  • Teal — greenish blue
  • Indigo / Indian blue — indigo
  • Navy blue — dark blue
  • Lime — lime
  • Emerald green — emerald
  • Khaki — khaki
  • Olive green — olive
  • Amber yellow — amber
  • Golden — golden
  • Beige — beige
  • Mahogany — mahogany / brownish red
  • Salmon — salmon
  • Magenta — magenta / bright red
  • Fuchsia — fuchsia
  • Rosy — pink / blush
  • Lilac — lilac

You can talk about shades in English using additional words:

  • Pale — pale
  • Light — light

Source: https://lingua-airlines.ru/articles/tsveta-i-ottenki-v-anglijskom-yazyke/

We teach colors in English with children

Colors are the first thing that a little person sees when he plunges into this wonderful, unknown world for him. Look into the eyes of the child: how much curiosity and delight they have. In childhood, the baby is surrounded by bright nature, colorful beautiful toys, and the love and care of the mother helps to understand all this colorful splendor. Using the examples of the objects around him, the child receives the first lessons in the color harmony of the world.

And no matter what language you teach your child, this rule is invariable — you need to start with the study of color. Today we will show you how to work with children so that they can easily and quickly memorize colors in English. So what should a parent or teacher know?

We learn and remember colors in a fun and visual way

Colors in English

There will be no complicated schemes, because your child is still too young, which means that you need to teach him extremely simply. We start with the names of the main colors, having made a preliminary material at hand in the form of colored cards.

Cards can be replaced with figures of little men, animals, fruits, vegetables. It is very good if there is also living material nearby in the form of a bouquet or a dish with gifts from gardens and vegetable gardens.

We teach not with a dull listing, but with fun: for example, you can ask a child to pull out the most beautiful flower from a bouquet or eat the most delicious fruit and name its color in English. For example:

  • flower-is red
  • apple — is yellow

Along the way, we learn simple phrases, such as:

  • What is the color?
  • This color is beautiful

By the way, children have an excellent perception of warm and cold colors. You can do a simple experiment by asking him to name a hot or cold color. He will almost certainly choose:

  • orange (yellow, red) is hot– orange (yellow, red) hot
  • white (blue) is cold — white (blue) cold

It’s just that the baby draws these sensations from nature. He already knows that the yellow sun warms, the fire burns, and the white (blue) snow is cold.

We consolidate knowledge also fun: we play continuously, watch cartoons and video lessons.

Turning a lesson into a game

We conduct games like this:

  • to reach the prize (toy) — you can play as a board (floor) game, you can expand the game to the scale of the room, replacing, for example, playing fields on paper with real tracks made of colored traces
  • «Confusing repeater» — we repeat the colors and specifically name something wrong, the kid must correct this mistake himself, which will give him a lot of joy
  • attention game — we remove some color, and ask the kid to tell which one is missing
  • game in «finish the verse» — say the whole verse, and the ending should be pronounced by the kid

Here, for example, are these rhymes:

  • today we ate an apple what? yellow!

Showing a tomato or a cherry, or a picture of fire:

Flashcards for learning Angian

  • with this color the whole world is warmed and it is called red!

Showing the tree:

  • Look at the tree, what are the leaves of the tree? Green

Looking at the sky:

  • I love to look at the sky, because the sky is beautiful blue
  • and in the sky, beautiful, different clouds are floating by horses,white

Uncomplicated rhymes, but it really helps the kid remember the names in English.

Watching cartoons and learning at the same time

Gaming video lessons of English

Today, a lot of game video lessons in English have been released on this topic. Remember the wonderful cartoon about Shaun the little engine, this is both a cartoon and an exciting lesson.

This video tells how a train meets a robot and tells him about the full color palette using the example of fruits and vegetables that he is carrying, and the example of appearance, his own and the robot. But for some reason the robot paints everything with its most beloved white (see, some kind of program failure).

The wake-up train grabs its head and offers to paint everything anew.

Watching such videos, the kid enjoys the cartoon and at the same time learns colors.

If locomotives and robots seem a little too iron, then we can remember the octopuses. I liked the fairy tale about the octopus Gonya, who really wanted to paint the underwater world and finally found jars of paints.

By the way, I remembered another good old video about octopuses:

Source: https://englishfull.ru/deti/cveta-na-angliyskom.html

Complete sentences 1 – 34 with one of the colours from the box. Each colour can be used to complete or make an idiom or other expression (in bold). Some of the colours have to be used more than once. Each idiom is explained in the answer key at the back of the book.

black     blue     brown     green     grey     pink     red     white     yellow

  1. Elsa congratulated me on getting the job, but I could tell that secretly she was _____ with envy.
  2. Generally I’m a very calm, relaxed person. But when people are rude to me, I start to see _____.
  3. I very rarely see my parents these days. They only come to visit once in a _____ moon.
  4. Everyone in my family is a teacher, but I decided from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I guess I’ve always been the _____ sheep.
  5. My wife asked me if I liked her new dress. Well, I thought it was horrible, but of course I told her it looked wonderful. You have to tell a little _____ lie from time to time, don’t you?
  6. I hate applying for a new passport. There’s so much _____ tape
  7. You can ask me to lend you money until you’re _____ in the face, but my answer is still ‘No’.
  8. When Maria was attacked in the street, instead of running away she started screaming _____ murder until someone came to her help.
  9. The best way to stay in the _____ is to eat sensibly, take regular exercise, drink in moderation and not smoke.
  10. I think the new underground railway is a _____ elephant. The city already has a very efficient bus and tram system.
  11. Everyone in my department is very happy because the project we’ve been working on for six months has finally been given the _____ light.
  12. There were 200 people in a room designed for only 75. It was like the _____ Hole of Calcutta in there.
  13. Your report is full of errors and spelling mistakes. I don’t think you were using your _____ matter when you wrote it.
  14. You must hear the new album by the American rock group Nuclear Puppy: it’s _____-hot!
  15. I had a real _____-letter day yesterday: my boss gave me a pay rise, I won £60 on the lottery, and my boyfriend took me to my favourite restaurant for dinner.
  16. Most of the people in my town are _____-collar There are very few people working in factories.
  17. The company has been doing badly for over two years, and now everyone agrees that it’s a financial _____ hole.
  18. Nobody in the office likes him very much: he’s always _____-nosing the boss.
  19. Your garden looks wonderful. What lovely, healthy plants. You must have _____ fingers!
  20. I hadn’t heard from Jo for almost ten years, so when a letter from her came out of the _____, I was naturally very surprised.
  21. He would never argue with or contradict his boss. He’s far too _____.
  22. Yesterday I had an overdraft of almost £300, but I got paid today, so my bank account is in the _____ Unfortunately I don’t think it will stay like that for long!
  23. Nobody knew who had been stealing money from the office, until the new salesman was caught _____-handed opening the safe.
  24. I feel terrible this morning because I was out painting the town _____ last night, and didn’t go to bed until 3 o’clock.
  25. If I were you, I would avoid the boss today. You’re in his _____ books after that rude comment you made about his wife.
  26. I know he was angry, but I was still shocked at the terrible language he was using. The air was turning _____!
  27. (At a party): Hello, Anthea. Thanks for coming. Lovely to see you again. Let me get you a drink. Glass of _____?
  28. I wouldn’t recommend him for a senior position in management: he’s still a bit _____.
  29. When I told Sara that I wanted to go out for a drink with my ex-girlfriend, she didn’t say anything, but she gave me a really _____ look.
  30. There wasn’t much we could do when we discovered that the office had been robbed except call the police station and wait for the boys in _____ to arrive.
  31. What’s the matter with you? You’ve been in a _____ mood all evening.
  32. It’s only my parents who are coming to dinner tonight, not the Queen of England! There’s no need to roll out the _____ carpet.
  33. (Complete this sentence with two different colours): I was told that I had got the job at the interview, but I won’t be happy until I see it in _____ and _____.
  34. (Complete this sentence with two different colours): After falling off his bicycle, he was _____ and _____ all over.

see the answer key below!

  1. green. A person who is green with envy is very jealous (= envious) of the success of others. Jealousy / envy is sometimes humorously referred to as the green-eyed monster. We sometimes say that a jealous person has a green streak in them. 2. red. When someone sees red, they become very angry. We sometimes say that they get the red mist. Something that is likely to make an angry person even more angry can be described as a red rag to a bull: “Don’t ask Charles why his wife left him; that would be like showing a red rag to a bull“. If you become extremely angry, we can say that you go purple with rage. A person who loses his / her temper can be said to lose their rag, fly off the handle or blow their top. 3. blue. If something happens once in a blue moon, it happens very rarely.     4. black. Someone who is described as the black sheep (of the family) is different from the other members of his / her family, and is not approved of by other members of the family.    5. white. If you tell a white lie, you tell someone something that is not true in order to avoid hurting their feelings.    6. red. Red tape refers to documents, rules or processes that cause delay.    7. blue. If someone says that you can do something until you’re blue in the face, they are telling you that there is no point in doing it because you will not be successful (we can also use the expression until the cows come home).    8. blue. If you scream blue murder, you shout very loudly because you are angry, frightened or in pain.    9. pink. If you are in the pink, you are healthy and happy. This is an oldfashioned expression.    10. white. A white elephant is something that costs a lot of money and is not very useful. 11. green. When somebody gives you the green light, they are giving you their official approval for something to be done. This can also be a verb, to greenlight: “Three directors have greenlighted the project“. We can also say give the go-ahead or be given the go-ahead.    12. Black. If a place is described as being like the Black Hole of Calcutta, it is very crowded and uncomfortable (it comes from the informal name of a former prison in the Indian city of Calcutta, which was so hot and small that many people died there).    13. grey. Your grey matter is your brain. We can also say use your head or use your loaf. 14. red. Something that is described as red-hot is very good or very exciting. This can also be used to describe someone who is very popular or successful: A new red-hot American band. The word white could also be used here.
  2. red. A red letter day is a very happy or exciting day. 16. white. White-collar workers work in offices rather than doing physical work. People who work in factories, down mines, etc, are called blue-collar workers. 17. black. A black hole, in this context, is a situation in which lots of money is spent without bringing any benefits. We can also say a money pit. 18. brown. If you brown-nose someone who is important or powerful, you try very hard to please them by agreeing with them all the time. This can also be a noun: a brown-noser. It is not a polite expression. A man who always agrees with his boss might be called a yes-man and is always sucking up to his boss. 19. green. Somebody who has green fingers is very good at making plants and flowers grow. In American English you would have a green thumb.    20. blue. When something happens out of the blue, it is sudden and unexpected. If it is a big surprise or a big shock, we can say that it is a bolt from the blue.    21. yellow. A person who is yellow is cowardly (= not very brave). We sometimes say that a cowardly person has a yellow streak in them. 22. black. A bank account that is in the black has money in it. When the account is overdrawn (= less than £0 in it, and the account holder owes money to the bank), we say that it is in the red.    23. red. If a person is caught redhanded, he / she is caught doing something wrong (we can also say caught in the act). The salesman in this situation is committing a white-collar crime: see number 16 above.    24. red. When you paint the town red, you enjoy yourself by going to bars and clubs. We can also say that you go out on the town or go out on the razzle. 25. black. If you are in someone’s black books, you are in trouble with them because of something you have said or done. We can also say that you are in the doghouse (with someone): Poor old Bob’s in the doghouse with his wife: he forgot their anniversary again.    26. blue. When the air is turning blue, someone is swearing (= using very rude words) a lot in a loud voice. We can also say that the person who is swearing is turning the air blue.    27. red / white. A glass of red / white is an informal, shortened expression for a glass of red / white wine.    28. green. Somebody who is described as green, or a bit green, is not very experienced at something, usually because he / she is young. We can also say that they are a bit wet behind the ears.

Note that green is also frequently used to talk about the environment, and the protection of the environment: a green transport policy, greener farming methods, green campaigners, the Green Party, etc).

  1. black. When someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a very angry way. 30. blue. The boys in blue is an informal (and usually friendly) expression for the police. 31. black. If you are in a black mood, you are unhappy or angry and in a bad mood.    32. red. If you roll out the red carpet for somebody, you give them special treatment because they are important.    33. black and white. Something that is in black and white is written on paper (for example, a letter or a contract). Note that we cannot say white and black. Do not confuse this with “Black or white?” (an expression that is used when we want to know if someone wants milk in their tea or coffee).    34. black and blue. Someone who is black and blue (all over) is covered with bruises (= dark marks on the skin caused by an accident, or perhaps because they have been hit by someone or something). Note that we cannot say blue and black.

Complete sentences 1 – 34 with one of the
colours from the box. Each colour can be used to complete or make an idiom or
other expression (in bold). Some of the colours have to be used more
than once. Each idiom is explained in the answer key at the back of the book.

1

Elsa congratulated me on getting the
job, but I could tell that secretly she was _____ with envy.

2

Generally I’m a very calm, relaxed
person. But when people are rude to me, I start to see _____.

3

I very rarely see my parents these
days. They only come to visit once in a _____ moon.

4

Everyone in my family is a teacher, but
I decided from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I guess I’ve always
been the _____
sheep
.

5

My wife asked me if I liked her new
dress. Well, I thought it was horrible, but of course I told her it looked
wonderful. You have to tell a little _____ lie from time to time, don’t you?

6

I hate applying for a new passport.
There’s so much _____
tape
involved.

7

You can ask me to lend you money until you’re _____ in the face,
but my answer is still ‘No’.

8

When Maria was attacked in the street,
instead of running away she started screaming _____ murder until someone
came to her help.

9

The best way to stay in the _____ is to
eat sensibly, take regular exercise, drink in moderation and not smoke.

10

I think the new underground railway is a _____ elephant. The
city already has a very efficient bus and tram system.

11

Everyone in my department is very happy
because the project we’ve been working on for six months has finally been given the _____ light.

12

There were 200 people in a room
designed for only 75. It was like the _____ Hole of Calcutta in there.

13

Your report is full of errors and
spelling mistakes. I don’t think you were using your _____ matter when
you wrote it.

14

You must hear the new album by the
American rock group Nuclear Puppy: it’s _____-hot!

15

I had a real _____-letter day yesterday: my boss gave
me a pay rise, I won £60 on the lottery, and my boyfriend took me to my favourite
restaurant for dinner.

16

Most of the people in my town are _____-collar workers.
There are very few people working in factories.

17

The company has been doing badly for
over two years, and now everyone agrees that it’s a financial _____ hole.

18

Nobody in the office likes him very
much: he’s always _____-nosing
the boss.

19

Your garden looks wonderful. What
lovely, healthy plants. You must have _____ fingers!

20

I hadn’t heard from Jo for almost ten
years, so when a letter from her came out of the _____, I was naturally very surprised.

21

He would never argue with or contradict
his boss. He’s far too _____.

22

Yesterday I had an overdraft of almost
£300, but I got paid today, so my bank account is in the _____ again. Unfortunately I don’t
think it will stay like that for long!

23

Nobody knew who had been stealing money
from the office, until the new salesman was caught _____-handed opening the safe.

24

I feel terrible this morning because I
was out painting
the town _____
last night, and didn’t go to bed until 3 o’clock.

25

If I were you, I would avoid the boss
today. You’re in his
_____ books
after that rude comment you made about his wife.

26

I know he was angry, but I was still
shocked at the terrible language he was using. The air was turning _____!

27

(At a party): Hello, Anthea. Thanks for
coming. Lovely to see you again. Let me get you a drink. Glass of _____?

28

I wouldn’t recommend him for a senior
position in management: he’s still a bit _____.

29

When I told Sara that I wanted to go
out for a drink with my ex-girlfriend, she didn’t say anything, but she gave
me a really _____
look
.

30

There wasn’t much we could do when we
discovered that the office had been robbed except call the police station and
wait for the boys in
_____
to arrive.

31

What’s the matter with you? You’ve been
in a _____ mood all
evening.

32

It’s only my parents who are coming to
dinner tonight, not the Queen of England! There’s no need to roll out the _____ carpet.

33

(Complete this sentence with two
different colours): I was told that I had got the job at the interview, but I
won’t be happy until I see it in _____ and _____.

34

(Complete this sentence with two
different colours): After falling off his bicycle, he was _____ and _____ all
over.

1. green. A person
who is green with envy is very jealous (= envious) of the
success of others. Jealousy / envy is sometimes humorously referred to as the
green-eyed
monster. We sometimes say that a jealous person has a green
streak in them
.

2. red. When
someone sees red, they become very angry. We sometimes say that they get
the red mist. Something that is likely to make an angry person even
more angry can be described as a red rag to a bull: «Don’t
ask Charles why his wife left him; that
would be like showing a red
rag to a bull
«. If you become extremely angry, we can say that you go
purple with rage
. A person who loses his / her temper can be said to lose
their rag, fly off the handle or blow their top.

3. blue. If something
happens once in a blue moon, it happens very rarely.

4. black. Someone
who is described as the black sheep (of the family) is different
from the other members of his / her family, and is not approved of by other members
of the family.

5. white. If you
tell a white lie, you tell someone something that is not true in order
to avoid hurting their feelings.

6. red. Red
tape
refers to documents, rules or processes that cause delay.

7. blue. If
someone says that you can do something until you’re blue in the
face
, they are telling you that there is no point in doing it because you
will not be successful (we can also use the expression until the cows come
home
).

8. blue. If you scream
blue murder
, you shout very loudly because you are angry, frightened or
in pain.

9. pink. If you
are in the pink, you are healthy and happy. This is an old fashioned
expression.

10. white. A white
elephant
is something that costs a lot of money and is not very useful.

11. green. When
somebody gives you the green light, they are giving you their official
approval for something to be done. This can also be a verb, to greenlight:
«Three directors have greenlighted the project«. We
can also say give the go-ahead or be given the go-ahead.

12. Black. If a
place is described as being like the Black Hole of Calcutta, it
is very crowded and uncomfortable (it comes from the informal name of a
former prison in the Indian city of Calcutta, which was so hot and small that
many people died there).

13. grey. Your grey
matter
is your brain. We can also say use your head or use your
loaf
.

14. red. Something
that is described as red-hot is very good or very exciting. This can
also be used to describe someone who is very popular or successful: A new
red-hot
American band. The word white could also be used
here.

15. red. A red
letter
day is a very happy or exciting day.

16. white. White-collar
workers work in offices rather than doing physical work. People who work
in factories, down mines, etc, are called blue-collar workers.

17. black. A black
hole
, in this context, is a situation in which lots of money is spent
without bringing any benefits. We can also say a money pit.

18. brown. If you brown-nose
someone who is important or powerful, you try very hard to please them by
agreeing with them all the time. This can also be a noun: a brown-noser.
It is not a polite expression. A man who always agrees with his boss might be
called a yes-man and is always sucking up to his boss.

19. green. Somebody
who has green fingers is very good at making plants and flowers grow.
In American English you would have a green thumb.

20. blue. When something
happens out of the blue, it is sudden and unexpected. If it is a big
surprise or a big shock, we can say that it is a bolt from the blue.

21. yellow. A
person who is yellow is cowardly (= not very brave). We sometimes say that
a cowardly person has a yellow streak in them.

22. black. A bank
account that is in the black has money in it. When the account is overdrawn
(= less than £0 in it, and the account holder owes money to the bank), we
say that it is in the red.  

23. red. If a
person is caught redhanded, he / she is caught doing something wrong (we
can also say caught in the act). The salesman in this situation is
committing a white-collar crime: see number 16 above.

24. red. When you paint
the town red
, you enjoy yourself by going to bars and clubs. We can also
say that you go out on the town or go out on the razzle.

25. black. If you
are in someone’s black books, you are in trouble with them because of
something you have said or done. We can also say that you are in the
doghouse (with
someone): Poor old Bob’s in the doghouse with
his wife:
he forgot their anniversary again.

26. blue. When the air
is turning blue, someone is swearing (= using very rude words)
a lot in a loud voice. We can also say that the person who is swearing is turning
the air blue
.

27. red / white. A
glass of red / white
is an informal, shortened expression for a glass
of red / white wine
.

28. green. Somebody
who is described as green, or a bit green, is not very
experienced at something, usually because he / she is young. We can also say
that they are a bit wet behind the ears. Note that green is
also frequently used to talk about the environment, and the protection of the
environment: a green transport policy, greener farming
methods
, green campaigners, the Green Party, etc).

29. black. When
someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a very angry way.

30. blue. The
boys in blue
is an informal (and usually friendly) expression for the police.

31. black. If you
are in a black mood, you are unhappy or angry and in a bad mood.

32. red. If you roll
out the red carpet for somebody, you give them special treatment
because they are important.

33. black and white.
Something that is in black and white is written on paper (for example,
a letter or a contract). Note that we cannot say white and black. Do
not confuse this with «Black or white?» (an expression that
is used when we want to know if someone wants milk in their tea or coffee).

34. black and blue.
Someone who is black and blue (all over) is covered with bruises
(= dark marks on the skin caused by an accident, or perhaps because they
have been hit by someone or something). Note that we cannot say blue and
black
.

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