TendWordColors in English
Study this English vocabulary list, then practice by sorting the words in the game.
A list of colours in English — 26 colour names like red, blue, green and yellow (colors, US spelling), each with a meaning, an example and audio. Learn colours by sorting the words into their group.
A vocabulary tool you can actually keep using. Fun, because you judge rather than recall — the question is which category a word belongs to, and a wrong guess stays on the board instead of stopping you. Easy to keep up, because a round is a minute, the daily goal is twelve words, and nothing piles up: no review queue, no due dates, no backlog waiting when you come back after a week. How it works, and what it does not claim →
| Word | Part of speech | Example |
|---|---|---|
| whiteUS /ˈwaɪt/ UK /waɪt/ | adj. | The bride wore a white gown. |
| blackUS /ˈblæk/ UK /blæk/ | adj. | My father drives a black car. |
| light/ˈlaɪt/ | adj. | She prefers light colors for summer clothes. |
| redUS /ˈɹɛd/ UK /rɛd/ | adj. | She is wearing a red dress today. |
| goldUS /ˈɡoʊld/ UK /ˈɡəʊld/ | adj. | The trophy was painted gold. |
| blueUS /ˈbluː/ UK /bluː/ | adj. | The sky is bright blue this morning. |
| greenUS /ˈɡɹiːn/ UK /ɡriːn/ | adj. | The grass in the park is very green. |
| darkUS /ˈdɑːɹk/ UK /ˈdɑːk/ | adj. | He always wears dark suits to work. |
| brownUS /ˈbɹaʊn/ UK /braʊn/ | adj. | The dog has soft brown fur. |
| colorcol·orUS /ˈkʌlɚ/ UK /ˈkʌlər/ | n. | What color is your new bag? |
| silversil·verUS /ˈsɪlvɚ/ UK /ˈsɪlvə/ | adj. | She wore a silver necklace to the party. |
| yellowyel·lowUS /ˈjɛloʊ/ UK /ˈjɛləʊ/ | adj. | He painted his room yellow. |
| cream/ˈkɹiːm/ | adj. | The wedding invitations were printed on cream paper. |
| bright/ˈbɹaɪt/ | adj. | The kids like toys in bright colors. |
| sky blue/ˈskaɪ ˈbluː/ | adj. | She painted the wall sky blue. |
| pinkUS /ˈpɪŋk/ UK /pɪŋk/ | adj. | My little sister loves pink shoes. |
| colourcol·ourUS /ˈkʌlɚ/ UK /ˈkʌlə/ | n. | What colour is your bag? |
| navy blue/ˈneɪvi ˈbluː/ | adj. | The sailors wear navy blue uniforms. |
| grayUS /ˈɡɹeɪ/ UK /ɡreɪ/ | adj. | The sky turned gray before the storm. |
| plain/ˈpleɪn/ | adj. | He prefers plain t-shirts without any patterns. |
| purplepur·pleUS /ˈpɜːpəl/ UK /ˈpɜːpl/ | adj. | The king's robe was made of purple silk. |
| pale/ˈpeɪl/ | adj. | Her face looked pale after the long flight. |
| transparenttrans·par·entUS /tɹæˈnspæɹənt/ UK /tɹaˈnspaɹənt/ | adj. | The bottle is made of transparent plastic. |
| violetvi·o·let/ˈvaɪəlɪt/ | adj. | The garden was full of violet flowers. |
| colorfulcol·or·fulUS /ˈkʌlɚfəl/ UK /ˈkʌləfəl/ | adj. | The market was full of colorful flowers. |
| beige/ˈbeɪʒ/ | adj. | The living room walls are painted beige. |
Commonly confused
Words in this category that are easy to mix up, picked by hand when the word list was built. Both are shown with their meaning and an example, so you can see what actually separates them.
gray vs silver
gray adj.
The sky turned gray before the storm.
silver adj.
She wore a silver necklace to the party.