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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

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

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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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