French words for kids · Colors
Colors in French for kids
Colors are everywhere a child looks, which makes them one of the easiest word groups to practise without any special materials.
Colors in French
les couleurs
Sounds like ≈ lay koo-LUHR
Good to know: Couleur is feminine. Most colors go after the noun and add -e for feminine nouns: un ballon vert, une pomme verte.
The words
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our French songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Bleu, indigo, violet,
Blue, indigo, violet,
from L'Arc-en-Ciel (The Rainbow)
The song that teaches it
These words are key words in this song. Every line is shown in French with its English meaning.
Also sung in: Des Couleurs Partout, Rouge Comme Une Pomme, Le ciel est bleu, Eau et lait, Les fleurs, Les Petits Insectes, Bonjour, la Nature, Les Sons Rigolos and 5 more.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Play "I spy" with colors only: name a color in French and race to touch something that color.
- 2Sort laundry or building blocks into color piles and name each pile.
- 3On a walk, pick one color and count how many things you can find in it.
Related French words
“Colors” in other languages
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Frenchhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using French songs with your family.