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In this article we will expand our vocabulary of English words, such a frequently used topic as “”.
It is clear that describing any objects or phenomena without bright colors is boring and unimpressive. Therefore, you and I will learn or improve such a voluminous topic and expand our combinatorics of composing new English statements without unnecessary stress.
First, let's think and remember: what colors do we most often use in Russian? Yes, there are not so many of them. Just a few things that we use without thinking in everyday speech: red, blue, yellow, green, black, white, grey, orange, brown, blue, purple, pink (maybe I didn’t add something).
We, as people, have the right habit of simplifying everything and therefore we often do not need to complicate everything and say that, for example, this object is charcoal in color. Most likely we will say that this item is just “gray” and the most that can be added is the shade of this item and that’s it!
The Anglo-American population is the same people as us, and they also do not like to complicate anything, so it is enough to know only a certain base of colors, as well as shades. And studying this will not be a major task for us, because this is taught in the elementary grades of school.
Colors in English
№ | Color (Russian) | Color (English) | Transcription | Example |
1 | red | red | [red] | red car |
2 | blue | blue | [blue:] | blue pen |
3 | yellow | yellow | ['jeləu] | yellow pearl |
4 | green | green | [gri:n] | green apple |
5 | black | black | [black] | black metal |
6 | white | white | [wait] | white snow |
7 | orange | orange | [‘ɔrindʒ] | orange sun |
8 | brown | brown | [braun] | brown tree |
9 | violet | purple | [‘pə:pl] | purple night sky |
10 | pink | pink | [piŋk] | pink T-shirt |
11 | grey | gray | [gray] | gray style |
These are the colors you should know as a matter of course. And it’s also worth putting them into practice. As you saw in the “Example” column, we simply put our colors in front of the objects and received ready-made phrases. This can be combined to express your thoughts more clearly.
For those who remember graphic information better, imagine English colors in graphic form:
You can also vary the colors themselves with or without the auxiliary conjunction “and”:
- Red and yellow – red and yellow;
- Black and white film – black and white movie;
- Yellow-green jacket – yellow-green jacket;
Shades in English
Plus, you can add several shades to all this for a more detailed description:
- Dark – dark. Example: dark red car, dark green color.
- Light – light. Example: light blue sky, light brown pencil.
- Pale – pale. Example: pale yellow leather, pale brown dye.
- Bright - bright. Example: bright red blood, bright green absinth.
- Deep – deep (meaning dark). Example: deep pink thing (dark pink thing), deep gray hair (dark gray hair).
- Dim - dim. Example: dim white light, dim purple crystal.
This is the very basis that you should know in order to understand “what and how.”
But also, for more advanced users, there are many more colors that can be used in English:
№ | Color (Russian) | Color (English) | Pronunciation |
1 | amber | amber | amba |
2 | anise | anise | anise |
3 | apricot | apricot | apricot |
4 | aquamarine | aquamarine | aquamarine |
5 | azure | azure | asyoa |
6 | beige | beige | badge |
7 | bronze | bronze | bronze |
8 | chocolate | chocolate | chocolatelate |
9 | copper | copper | cop |
10 | cornflower | cornflower | conflave |
11 | cream | cream | cream |
12 | emerald | emerald | emerald |
13 | gold | gold | gold |
14 | indigo | indigo | indigo |
15 | khaki | khaki | kaki |
16 | lilac | lilac | lilac |
17 | lime | lime | lime |
18 | purple | magenta | magenta |
19 | Navy blue | navy | Navy |
20 | olive | olive | olive |
That's all I wanted to say on the topic " Colors and shades in English" To summarize, I would like to note that learning and memorizing all new colors may be good, but not so effective. Practice is more important! It is enough to use them in spoken language to develop a certain algorithm for combining “color + object” combinations and then, after good practice, you, without tension, will be able to use all this at the level of automatism.
English for children: 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 - violet (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
You need to learn English with children using various kinds of visual aids. If you write 10 names of colors to a child and say “Learn!” The likelihood that all the names of the colors will be remembered is small! Children have a very well developed visual memory, and emphasis should be placed on it at primary school age.
For clarity, I presented a pencil drawing. You can take 10 simple pencils and play with your children.
Each new word must be reinforced. Show a colored pencil and ask what color it is. You can come up with various exercises to reinforce 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 activity. The main thing to remember is that learning English words with children should be combined with play. Learning through games is the most effective method of memorizing words.
And one more task for consolidation. For the name of the color in English you need to select the corresponding 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 outside or eat. The main thing is not to get carried away. Too much will also not lead to anything good.
We have learned the colors! And 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 again!
Hello to everyone who is starting to learn spoken English with us! When learning English online using 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 in the most accurate and understandable way.
In our world, all objects have a certain color, with the exception of transparent objects. Colors are very diverse, there are a great variety of them, not to mention the limitless variety of shades and tones. Therefore, our online audio lesson today is devoted to studying the topic “ Colors in English" There is no need to know them all; it is enough to remember the most basic colors of the spectrum well, which is what we will do today.
I recommend looking at another interesting article English adverbs: Yesterday - today - tomorrow, so you can say: yesterday I saw my dream - a yellow Lamborghini, or tomorrow I will ride in a stunning red Ferrari, and today I will drive my pink Cadillac.
Studying only colors separately will be of little use. To be more effective, words must be studied in context. Therefore, we will look at the color scheme in English in the context of phrases, sentences, questions and answers in order to reinforce in you the association associated with each individual color. Clearly and clearly pronounce each phrase voiced by the announcer so that you train your pronunciation to a decent level: /wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RUEN014.mp3 Without a less tolerable pronunciation, native speakers will not be able to understand you, and all your attempts, It will be futile to describe anything, even if you learn all the material in today’s audio lesson. Therefore, do not be negligent about this moment, but on the contrary, pay due attention to it.
Colors in English
Carefully study the table below to find out how each phrase is written and translated. Please note that the word itself " color" is written differently in British and American English: color - British spelling, color - American. Therefore, in the table you can find several more words marked “am”, which means the American spelling of this word. Unmarked vocabulary is 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.
Colors | |
English | Russian |
Snow is white | Snow - white |
The sun is yellow | The sun is yellow |
The orange is orange | Orange - orange |
The cherry is red | Cherry - red |
The sky is blue | The sky is blue |
The grass is green | The grass is green |
The earth is brown | The earth is brown |
The cloud is gray / gray (am) | Cloud - gray |
The tires / tires (am) are black | Tires - black |
What color (am) is the snow? White | What color is the snow? White |
What color / color (am) is the sun? Yellow | What color is the sun? Yellow |
What color is the orange? Orange | What color is the orange? Orange |
What color / color (am) is the cherry? Red | What color is cherry? Red |
What color / color (am) is the sky? Blue | What color is the sky? Blue |
What color (am) is the grass? Green | What color is the grass? Green |
What color (am) is the earth? Brown | What color is the earth? Brown |
What color is the cloud? Grey/Gray (am) | What color is the cloud? Gray |
What color are the tires/tires (am)? Black | What color are the tires? Black |
Now you can describe any subject in English if you learn all the phrases and train your pronunciation with the help of this audio lesson.
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Hello kids, their parents, nannies and teachers!
I have long noticed that together 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 me, let's check it right now! Let's start with songs and videos, which, let me tell you, are simply abundant on the Internet. But I chose the coolest ones for you! And she provided a dictionary with translation for those without a single Russian word))
So, learning colors in English for children 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 - lemon yellow
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
I like white - snowy white - I love white - snowy 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 puree
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 no more than 3 years old, it is better for him to be shown only English-language versions (those above). If he is older, it's up to you to decide. And if his age is approaching 8 years or older, then a video with Russian comments will be just right!
And here they are:
It's time to add to this riot of emotions voiced cards in the form of a table (under it you will find a printable file), which will help you repeat 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 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 lessons will be required), you can do the opposite - show the baby an object and ask him to find a card with the corresponding color and pronounce it. Or you offer him two verbal options, and he chooses.
You can make up games on the go - it's very easy and fun!
By the way, if you need some word with transcription, there is a service on the right sidebar that can provide it for you. Just enter a word and click “Transcribe”
And we continue:
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brown | |
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English is one of the most used languages on the globe. Today there are about 400 million people for whom it is native. The same number use it as a second language. When traveling, business trips, or just for reading specialized or fiction literature in the original, it is very useful to know English. You need to study this, or any other language, from the very basics, simple grammatical structures and the most frequently used words, so that on the basis of them you can learn to understand the general theme of texts - first the simplest, and then complex, special ones. Today let's expand our vocabulary and study the topic "Colors in English". It is known that the main spectrum includes seven different components - colors, everything else is shades, however, knowing their names is also very important. After all, blue can be ultramarine, sea green, cornflower blue, sapphire - all these words also have their lexical equivalents.
Basic colors in English
To begin with, it is useful to learn the basic colors - those that are included in the main rainbow spectrum, and some shades; the words are given with translation and transcription for correct reading. So, let's remember:
White - white;
Gray - gray;
Black - black;
Silver - silver ["sɪlvə];
Brown - brown;
Red - red;
Orange - orange ["ɔrɪnʤ];
Pink - pink;
Yellow - yellow ["jeləu];
Golden - gold or golden or;
Blue - blue;
Green - green;
Purple - purple ["pɜ:pl];
Lilac - lilac ["laɪlək".
Shades are very important
If you noticed, the colors cyan and blue are called the same word in English, so when using “blue” to mean “blue”, it is best to clarify which shade we are talking about. Having learned the proposed words, for a better understanding and explanation, for example, in a clothing store, what color you need, it is recommended to write down the names of shades in the dictionary, because, you see, “coral” is far from red, and gray is not at all what that “wet asphalt”. All these nuances of defining color in English have their own names:
Apricot - apricot color;
Ash - ash gray;
Berry - berry;
Bronze - bronze or bronze;
Burgundy - burgundy;
Charcoal - charcoal color;
Chocolate - brown with a chocolate tint;
Cocoa - cocoa or the color of cocoa with milk;
Copper - copper;
Coral - coral shade of red;
Cream - creamy, creamy;
Denim blue - denim;
Dull - dull;
Emerald - emerald;
Firebrick - red brick;
Fuchsia - shade of purple, fuchsia;
Garnet - rich dark red;
Honeydew - the color of ripe melon, honey;
Indigo - shade of blue, indigo;
Salmon - shade of orange, salmon;
Sand - shade of brown, sandy;
Snow - very pure white, snow-white;
Tanned - bronze;
Urquoise - shade of blue, turquoise;
Vinous - shade of red, burgundy.
Briefly about the important
If you think that absolutely all the colors in English are too difficult to remember, especially their shades, there is a little trick. It is enough to learn the basic names, and then add the following adjectives to them:
Dark(dark-);
Deep(dark);
Pale (pale);
Light (light-).
And you can compose some of their shades without errors. For example, “dark blue” is a very dark blue, “deep red” is a dark red, rich bloody color, “pale pink” is an unsaturated pink, and “light brown” is brown with a sandy tint, and so on. This simple rule will help, if necessary, more accurately convey the entire color palette. This is how easy it is to learn colors in English, and, if necessary, a variety of their shades.