Color Names! Useful list of colors/ colours with examples and color images. Learn these names of colors to improve your vocabulary words in English. When talking about a variety of subjects, you may need to refer to a particular color. This could be true when talking about clothing, food or even the weather, for example ‘Look at those grey clouds in the sky!’ So you see, colors are everywhere and it is important to learn their English names so that you can effectively communicate.
In this section, you will be presented with the English names for a whole host of colors, giving you an expansion on your vocabulary as well as a new skill in being able to describe the colour of something and in turn, progress in your conversational skills.
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Color Names
Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the characteristic of human visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, blue, yellow, green, orange, or purple…
List of Colors/ Colours
- White
- Yellow
- Blue
- Red
- Green
- Black
- Brown
- Azure
- Ivory
- Teal
- Silver
- Purple
- Navy blue
- Pea green
- Gray
- Orange
- Maroon
- Charcoal
- Aquamarine
- Coral
- Fuchsia
- Wheat
- Lime
- Crimson
- Khaki
- Hot pink
- Magenta
- Olden
- Plum
- Olive
- Cyan
Color Images
Color Names with Examples and Pictures
Learn more with big list of shape and color words in English.
White
Two blacks do not make a white.
Yellow
Don’t park your car on double yellow lines.
Blue
The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.
Red
Should I buy a red car or a blue car?
Green
The color of leaves is green in summer.
Black
The black ox has trod on his foot.
Brown
Both my parents have curly brown hair.
Azure
His eyes are azure.
Ivory
My shirt is more ivory colour than white.
Teal
Light yellow and light blue teal are good fog colors.
Silver
Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
Purple
His face turned purple with rage.
Navy blue
You’re looking very nautical in your navy blue sweater.
Pea green
She wears a pea green full – length skirt , which makes her look very lovely.
Gray
Gray is intermediate between black and white.
Orange
That’s a funny combo – pink and orange.
Maroon
She wore black tights, and maroon socks that stuck up above her boots.
Charcoal
Charcoal, navy or brown are more discreet than black or other colours.
Aquamarine
Aquamarine is a pale tint between cyan and green.
Coral
She was wearing a coral necklace.
Fuchsia
The sky is glowing fuchsia, orange.
Wheat
The fields were yellow with wheat.
Lime
Lime is a color that is a shade of green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes.
Crimson
Crimson is her favourite color.
Khaki
A guy in khaki shorts was carrying a video camera.
Hot pink
Who is the woman dressed in hot pink?
Magenta
Although it is summer, she is wearing magenta stockings and black shoes with delicate straps.
Olden
The sun was surrounded by a golden haze.
Plum
Plum is a deep purple color, such as that shown at right, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit.
Olive
The skirt she wears is olive.
Cyan
Yellow and cyan produces green, and yellow and magenta produces red.
Color Names | Color Images
Learn different color names in English with pencils.
List of Colors | Video
Learn the names of colors video lesson with American English pronunciation.
My color is black
Mine is magenta
What about turquoise? You don’t have that on the list
I like turquoise too
Mine is Black, too! 😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️
fart
Does fart mean? is it any colour?
Shut up, that’s just rude
stop being dumb
Are these all the colors you know
Hai andi uppal baalu
Amma mundhu ni peru spelling nerchuko
Ranga ranga ranga buraaaaaanaaaaaaaaa
i agree. whatever u said.
Comment Text*
she is saying something like “color color color”…
dumb
lol
what kind of words are those nuub
says the one who spelled noob with u’s
Anthata telugolla hava nadusthundi
Im perywinkle ❤️
no
Yellow and orange are so much confusing
what are you two
My favourite
Color is Blue…
Mine is Black
at least you can spell “Color”
good job 🙂