Color Flashcards
Bold/Vivid color
Very intense
Pastel colors
Light or pale colors
Shades of a color
Variations of a specific color
Ruby red Cherry red Fiery orange Burnt orange Lemon yellow Golden yellow Emerald green Olive green Sky blue Royal blue Navy blue
Tinge
When you have something that is primarily one color, but with a little bit of another color included, we can use the word “tinge”. There are two ways to structure the sentence:
The flowers are yellow with a tinge of pink in the middle.
My cat’s fur is light gray with a slight brownish tinge.
a color word + -ISH
Mixes of colors
“Reddish brown” is a shade of brown with a strong portion of red, whereas “yellowish brown” is a shade of brown with a strong portion of yellow.
The colors match
Some colors look good together - in this case, we can say that the colors match.
Opposite:
The colors clash
That color suits you
That color looks good on you
When the color of a person’s clothes looks good with that person’s skin tone, you can say “that color suits you” or “that color looks good on you”.
Paint vs dye
Paint a house
Paint your nails
Dye your hair
Dye your cloth/fabric
Dye your hair blonde
Dye a shirt blue
