Colors in English

'What's your favorite color?', 'What color are your eyes?' or 'What color is the car?' - these are the most common questions about color in English. If you know the names of the colors in English, you will answer those questions. 

Here is the list of the most common colors: 

Azure

Blue

Navy blue

Wheat

Yellow

Golden

Orange

Coral

Ivory

White

Silver

Gray/Grey

Charcoal

Black

Brown

Khaki

Red

Scarlet

Crimson

Maroon

Fuchsia

Hot pink

Magenta

Purple

Lavender

Indigo

Cyan

Aquamarine

Teal

Pea green

Olive

Green

Lime

Emerald

Warning 

Color and Colour are two different spellings of the same word. Color is the spelling used in American English, while colour is the spelling used in British English. Other than spelling, there is no difference between the words.

Color+ish  

If something is similar to the color you want to describe, you can use the suffix –ish (though not black or white).  

• greenish car (almost green) 
• reddish hair 

Shades 

A shade of a particular color is one of its different types or degrees. For example, navy blue is a shade of blue. 

We commonly use light, bright, and dark to describe a color.

   

You can talk about shades of color by using nature words.

sky blue, forest green, midnight blue, etc.