Spanish words for kids · Colors
Colors in Spanish 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 Spanish
los colores
Sounds like ≈ lohs koh-LOH-rehs
Good to know: In Spanish the color usually comes after the thing: una manzana roja ("an apple red"). Colors ending in -o change to -a for feminine nouns.
The words
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our Spanish songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
¡Colores en el cielo!
Colors in the sky!
from El Arcoíris (The Rainbow)
The song that teaches it
These words are key words in this song. Every line is shown in Spanish with its English meaning.
Also sung in: Colores por Todas Partes, Rojo Como una Manzana, Azul es el Cielo, En la Granja, Me Visto, ¿Qué Me Pongo?, Hace Sol, El Árbol and 12 more.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Play "I spy" with colors only: name a color in Spanish 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.
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“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). Spanishhas 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 Spanish songs with your family.