🇬🇧🇨🇳 color - 颜色 : English Lesson

Meaning of "color" ("颜色"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Color is what your eyes see that makes a banana look yellow, the sky look blue, and grass look green. It is the way something looks when light bounces off it and reaches your eyes. Without color, the world would look like a black‑and‑white drawing. Different colors can make you feel different ways, like bright colors making you feel excited and dark colors making you feel calm.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My sandwich turned a strange green color, so I decided it was old enough to move out.

Mom said my spaghetti sauce should not be the same color as my science experiment.

When I saw the test paper with too much red color on it, I knew the teacher did not love my answers.

My baby cousin’s face turned the color of ketchup when he realized the TV remote is not a snack.

Flamingos are born gray and get their pink color from the food they eat, which means if I ate enough pizza I might turn the color of “extra cheese.”

A child sits in a gray room. She finds a box of color. She takes a brush and paints red color on one wall, blue color on another, and green color on a small door. The light and color make the room bright. She claps and smiles at the color. She feels very happy.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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