Rainbow Colours
Hunt for every colour of the rainbow, and a few extra shades.
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- Starter · ages 5–67×7 grid · 5 words
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- RED – Red is the colour of strawberries and ladybirds.
- BLUE – The sky looks blue because of the way sunlight scatters.
- GREEN – Plants are green because of a helper called chlorophyll.
- YELLOW – Sunflowers are bright yellow and follow the Sun.
- ORANGE – The fruit was named before the colour!
- PURPLE – Mix red and blue paint to make purple.
- PINK – Mix red and white paint to make pink.
- BROWN – Chocolate and tree trunks are brown.
- BLACK – Black soaks up light, so black things get warm in the Sun.
- WHITE – Snow looks white because it bounces back all the light.
- GOLD – Gold is a shiny metal that never rusts.
- SILVER – Silver is a shiny metal that is great at carrying electricity.
- GREY – Elephants are grey, and so are rainy clouds.
- TEAL – Teal is a mix of blue and green.
- CORAL – Coral is a pinky-orange colour, and a sea animal too.
- LILAC – Lilac is a pale purple, like the flower.
- PEACH – Peach is a soft orange-pink, like the fruit.
- MINT – Mint is a cool, pale green.
- CREAM – Cream is a soft yellowy-white.
- NAVY – Navy is a very dark blue.
- INDIGO – Indigo is the deep blue-purple in the rainbow.
- VIOLET – Violet is the last colour at the end of the rainbow.
- LIME – Lime is a zingy yellow-green.
- AMBER – Amber is a golden orange, like honey.
- OLIVE – Olive is a muddy green, like the fruit.
- MAGENTA – Magenta is a bright pinky-purple.
- SCARLET – Scarlet is a bright, glowing red.
- TURQUOISE – Turquoise is the colour of a tropical sea.