'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.
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