Spelling color words is fun and easy with our beautifully illustrated gentle color songs and free downloadable PDF color words handwriting pages. Sing and spell along with the colorfully illustrated videos. Check back often as we release 10 new color songs!
Color Songs Playlist: Learn to Spell the Colors
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The History of Color Names
People didn’t always describe objects by color names. In fact, many ancient cultures didn’t have common names for colors. Instead, descriptive words for “shine,” “burn,” or “blaze” were used to describe the brightness or darkness of an object’s color.
Each culture had its own meaning for “bright” and “dark.” “Bright” could mean anything from white to yellow to red, and “dark” could mean anything from blue to black to brown.
Some cultures, like the Japanese, even used the same word for two colors. The Japanese word aoi was used to describe both the blue sky and the green grass. Eventually, using common color names, like the words in our color songs, caught on in many languages.
Keep scrolling to sing, spell, and write color words!
Sing, Spell, and Write Color Words
Watch each of our How to Spell Color Words videos on our Kids channel on YouTube. Then download the free PDF to practice writing the color words.
How to Spell Blue
Blue skies
B-L-U-E, blue
B-L-U-E, blue
Blue
Blue bird
B-L-U-E, blue
B-L-U-E, blue
Blue
God made so many things
Blue rivers and soft bird wings
Blue
B-L-U-E, blue
B-L-U-E, blue
Blue
How to Spell White
Let’s spell white you and me
W-H-I-T-E
White clouds float above the sea
W-H-I-T-E
Let’s spell white you and me
W-H-I-T-E
White clouds float above the sea
W-H-I-T-E
W-H-I-T-E
How to Spell Orange
O-R-A-N-G-E
Orange leaves fall from the trees
O-R-A-N-G-E
Spells the color orange
Orange pumpkins in the patch
O-R-A-N-G-E
O-R-A-N-G-E
Spells the color orange.
How to Spell Brown
On a brown barn
Is a brown owl
And a brown mouse
Lives in a brown house.
On a brown barn
Is a brown owl
And I can spell brown
B-R-O-W-N
B-R-O-W-N
On a brown barn
Is a brown owl
And I can spell brown
How to Spell Pink
I can spell pink
P-I-N-K
Little pink pigs, happily play
I can spell pink
P-I-N-K
Pink blossoms bloom on a spring day
P-I-N-K
P-I-N-K
P-I-N-K spells pink
How to Spell Purple
I can spell purple
P-U-R-P-L-E
Purple flowers by the tree
P-U-R-P-L-E
Purple flowers by the tree
I can spell purple
P-U-R-P-L-E
God made many purple things
P-U-R-P-L-E
Purple things that go on wings
How to Spell Black
Black, B-L-A-C-K
Black, B-L-A-C-K
The black, black night is shining with starlight.
Black, B-L-A-C-K
Black, B-L-A-C-K
The black, black cat is sitting on my lap tonight.
How to Spell Yellow
This is how you spell yellow
Y-E-L-L-O-W
Y-E-L-L-O-W
Y-E-L-L-O-W
This is how you spell yellow
Y-E-L-L-O-W
Y-E-L-L-O-W
Y-E-L-L-O-W
How to Spell Green
I can spell green
Green green grass and green, green trees
I can spell green.
G-R-E-E-N
Green green grass and green, green trees
G-R-E-E-N
How to Spell Red
Red is spelled
R-E-D
Red red apples on the apple tree
Red is spelled
R-E-D
Red red apples on the apple tree
Red is spelled
R-E-D
Red red apples on the apple tree
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Comments
The best way to help my daughter spelling words are incorporating songs, loving this !!
My kids are watching the color songs at YouTube right this moment while I came to play on my phone for some relax time. I’m so glad I picked this blog post to read because I found the printable pages to go along with the songs! The history was so interesting to read too!!
What a creative way to teach our little ones about the colors! Love this!
Thank you for putting these free resources together!
I didn’t know about this. I love it! Can’t wait to try with my son and learn how to spell the colors. And it’s awesome because learning with music is the best.