Colour Words

NCERT anchor: NCERT English Mridang Class 1 — colour vocabulary in poems and pictures

• Read colour names: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, black, white.
• Match colour word to object — red kite, green mango (unripe).
• Spell colour words with help from classroom chart.

1. Read the word, see the colour

Level 1 (Verbal): Point to red block → say red.

Level 2 (Symbolic): Word blue matches blue crayon.

Visual: Colour wheel with labels.

2. Indian festival colours

Verbal: Red gulal at Holi; yellow marigold; green tricolour band.

Visual: Flag and festival pictures.

3. Do not confuse colour and object

Verbal: Orange is colour and fruit — context tells meaning.

Labelling Holi picture with colour words

Step 1 — Picture: boy with red gulal, blue shirt, green grass.
Step 2 — Write labels: red, blue, green under each part.
Step 3 — Read aloud: "Red gulal, blue shirt."
Step 4 — Check spelling on classroom colour chart.
Answer: three colour words matched.

• What colour is the top band of our flag?
• Read: yellow sunflower.
• Spell green with chart help.
• Stretch: Name three objects in class and write their colour words.

Revision tip: Pick one colour daily — find five things that colour at home.

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Colour Words.