COLOURS

JUNIO 2023 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - CONTENT: MICAELA E. BERTOYA

Comercializado por EDIBA S.R.L.
Dear colleagues,

Welcome! In this issue you will find lots of ideas, photocopiable activities and ready-to-use
material related to the topic COLOURS. We have prepared a whole edition based on a topic our
students start exploring at a very early stage of their learning process and revise and integrate all
throughout their language learning life. This group of words might be approached through different
angles and this is why we included flashcards, experiments, colouring activities, stories reviews, and
much more!!!
Learning a second or foreign language is not an easy task. Classrooms are getting more and more
heterogeneous and modern teachers have less and less time to prepare their
materials and keep up with their students’ intellectual demands. We
would like to help and guide teachers by providing a few ideas
that will make your teaching task easier.
We hope you find it useful and include these
ideas in your classes!!!

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Contents
1. Colour the pencils 10. Art time! Colour the rainbow
2. Colours and emotions 11. My personal rainbow
3. Colours in brands 12. Missing letters
4. Colours in book covers 13. Matching
5. Colours wordsearch 14. Idioms
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6. Colour the words 15. Flashcards

7. Colours memotest 16. Children’s literature: Colours
8. Colour the ABC 17. Bookmarks and cards “Be the Rainbow
9. Rainbow hunt in someone else’s Cloud”

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1. COLOUR THE PENCILS

RED YELLOW ORANGE

BLUE PINK GREEN

PURPLE
BLACK BROWN
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GREY WHITE LIGHT-BLUE

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 2. COLOURS
2. COLOURS ANDAND EMOTIONS
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3. COLOURS IN BRANDS
Colours are used in brands and by companies to express different moods or
qualities.
Read the following chart and discuss why you think these companies have
chosen those colours for each brand.
Try to think of commercials you have seen and analyse if there is any connection
with the choice of colours. Think of more examples for each colour. Discuss.

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4. COLOURS IN BOOK COVERS
Colours in book covers are used to express different meanings, feelings, topics
and genres. Find books with covers that exemplify the rules described in the chart
below.

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5. COLOURS WORDSEARCH
5. COLOURS WORDSEARCH
Find 12 colours in the following wordsearch. The words are in all directions.
Find 12 colours in the following wordsearch. The words are in all directions.

L N A V S T Y M W I U W

O I E D E R E L P P I G

B X G E P G L W H I T E

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P F Y E M B W N A J Q G

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N U N I W B O C I R X N

M J I O U S W M U B V K

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6. COLOUR THE WORDS
6. COLOUR THE WORDS

RED

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BLUE

YELLOW

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WHITE

BROWN
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 BLACK

LIGHT-BLUE

GREEN

PURPLE

GREY
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What’s your favourite colour? _________________________

What’s your favourite colour?

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7. COLOURS MEMOTEST

RED

PINK

YELLOW

BLUE

ORANGE
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BLACK
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LIGHT-BLUE
PURPLE

BROWN
WHITE

GREEN
GREY
8. COLOUR THETHE
8. COLOUR ABC ABC

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Colour white.
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the Q yellow.
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Colour the Rthe R yellow.
yellow.
Colour the S black. Colour the T orange. Colour the U green.
Colour the S black. Colour the T orange. Colour the U green.
Colour the V white. Colour the W pink. Colour the X blue.
Colour the V white. Colour the W pink. Colour the X blue.
Colour the Y brown. Colour the Z black.
Colour the Y brown. Colour the Z black.

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9. RAINBOW HUNT
Take 5 minutes and complete the column on the right with one appropriate
word.
Ready? Set? Go!

1 SOMETHING RED

2 SOMETHING YELLOW

3 SOMETHING ORANGE

4 SOMETHING GREEN

5 SOMETHING PURPLE

6 SOMETHING BLUE

7 SOMEHTING PINK

8 A RED FRUIT
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9 A YELLOW FRUIT

10 A GREEN VEGETABLE

11 A BLACK ANIMAL

12 A YELLOW ANIMAL

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10.
10.ART
ART TIME! COLOURTHE
TIME! COLOUR THE RAINBOW
RAINBOW

Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud

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Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud

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11. MY PERSONAL RAINBOW
Think of five adjectives to describe yourself and try to associate those
characteristics with each colour given. Write them down on the slips of colour
paper. Write your name inside the cloud and stick the slips to make a rainbow.
Present your rainbow to the rest of the class and explain why you have chosen those
words for each of the colours.

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12. MISSING LETTERS
12. MISSING LETTERS
Complete the words with thee missing letters. Match the numbers 1 to 12 to the
correct colour pencil.
Complete the words with thee missing letters. Match the numbers 1 to 12 to the correct colour
pencil.

1 R D
2 Y E O W
3 B R W
4 I N
5 P U P E
6 U E
7 O R G
8 L I H - B L
9 G E E
10 G Y
11 A C K
12 H I

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13. MATCHING
Cut out the words and stick them in the correct place to match the corresponding
colour.

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BLUE YELLOW BROWN WHITE

LIGHT-BLUE RED PINK BROWN

ORANGE PURPLE GREY BLACK

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14. IDIOMS
Match the following idioms (1-15) to the definitions (A-O):

1. BLACK AND BLUE (A) Reveal oneself as one really is

(B) Discoloured, as by bruising or

2. BLACK SHEEP beating

3. HAVE A GREEN THUMB (C) Extremely jealous

4. GREEN WITH ENVY (D) Very rarely

5. HAVE THE BLUES (E) Any day of special significance

6. SHOW YOUR TRUE COLOURS (F) Be cowardly

7. CATCH SOMEONE RED-HANDED (G) Not having the usual colour

8. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON (H) Shout very loudly

(I) The rebel in a family, group or

9. OUT OF THE BLUE organization
(J) An untruth believed to be
10. RED LETTER DAY insignificant or justified
(K) In the very act of a crime or
11. OFF COLOUR wrongdoing
(L) An exceptional skill for gardening or
12. WHITE LIE for growing plants successfully
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13. PASS WITH FLYING COLOURS (M) Suddenly

Suddenly and unexpectedly
and unexpectedly

14. BE YELLOW (N) Be sad or depressed

15. SCREAM BLUE MURDER (O) Do something successfully

There are many more COLOUR idioms. Find in the dictionary two more idioms
in which colours are mentioned. Write them down, the corresponding definition
and one example. Share them with the rest of your classmates.
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15. FLASHCARDS
In this section, you will find a collection of twelve flashcards you can print and
use to teach, present, revise, review, integrate colours or even play games! Print
them and laminate them to make them more resistant and long-lasting.

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RED

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16. CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: COLOURS
In this section, you will find recommended titles of children’s books that deal
with the topic of colours and a brief synopsis for each of them.

Did you know that monsters love to scribble,

scribble, mix, dance, and wiggle?! Why? Because
monsters love to make new colours!

Celebrate along with the hilarious monsters in

this wild and energetic picture book. Mixing and
discovering colour has never been so much fun!

Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite

animals make this rhythmic story the perfect
introduction to looking and learning about
colours. Each spread leads seamlessly into the
next and young children will delight in Eric’s
colourful collage animals and simple repetitive
language.

In the beginning, there were three colours . . .

Reds, Yellows, and Blues. All special in their own
ways, all living in harmony―until one day, a Red
says “Reds are the best!” and starts a colour
kerfuffle. When the colours decide to separate,
is there anything that can change their minds?
A Yellow, a Blue, and a never-before-seen
colour might just save the day in this inspiring
book about colour, tolerance, and embracing
differences.
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One day, Colour Monster wakes up feeling very

confused. His emotions are all over the place;
he feels angry, happy, calm, sad and scared
all at once! To help him, a little girl shows him
what each feeling means through colour. As this
adorable monster learns to sort and define his
mixed-up emotions, he gains self-awareness
and peace as a result.

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“It’s a pillar,” says one. “It’s a fan,” says another.
One by one, the seven blind mice investigate
the strange Something by the pond. And one
by one, they come back with a different theory.
It’s only when the seventh mouse goes out-and
explores the whole Something-that the mice
see the whole truth. Based on a classic Indian
tale, Ed Young’s beautifully rendered version is a
treasure to enjoy again and again.

Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but

one day they can’t find each other. When they
finally do, they give each other such a big hug
that they turn green! How they find their true
colours again concludes a wonderfully satisfying
story told with colourful pieces of torn paper
and very few words.

Poor Duncan just wants to colour. But when he

opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters,
all saying the same thing: His crayons have had
enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of
playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. Black
wants to be used for more than just outlining.
Blue needs a break from colouring all those
bodies of water. And Orange and Yellow are no
longer speaking—each believes he is the true
colour of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do
to appease all of the crayons and get them back
to doing what they do best?

Accept Hervé Tullet’s irresistible invitation to

mix it up in a dazzling adventure of whimsy and
wonder. Follow the artist’s simple instructions,
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and suddenly colours appear, mix, splatter,

and vanish in a world powered only by the
reader’s imagination. Tullet sets readers on an
extraordinary interactive journey all within the
printed page.

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Pete the Cat goes walking down the street
wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the
way, his shoes change from white to red to
blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of
strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes!
But no matter what colour his shoes are, Pete
keeps movin’ and groovin’ and singing his song...
because it’s all good. Pete the Cat: I Love My
White Shoes asks the reader questions about
the colours of different foods and objects.

Colours, colours everywhere! Can you find

colours just like Bear? Karma Wilson’s playful
text and Jane Chapman’s adorable illustrations
creatively introduce colours to the youngest
Bear fans, who will delight in discovering a
rainbow of fun.

One day three white mice discover three jars of

paint: red, blue, and yellow. Walsh’s cut-paper
collage illustrations have bold colours and just
the right simplicity for the storyline.

This simple rhymed riff about colour is illustrated

with art from some of the most beloved and
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colourful works by Dr. Seuss. A not-to-be-

missed classic!

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