Colors

Want to do more than name a few basic colors in English? These quizzes build a full English color vocabulary for Spanish speakers, from plain shades to the words that describe how something really looks.

English Color Words for Spanish Speakers

Each quiz gives you an English color word to match with its Spanish meaning, starting with familiar shades like blue and stretching to richer ones like emerald, navy, peach, turquoise, and tangerine. The sets go beyond plain colors and add describing words such as bright, dull, and creamy, plus a few that tell you about texture or clarity, like opaque and transparent.

These quizzes run from beginner to intermediate, and they even slip in the question phrase What color...? so you can ask about a color, not just name one. Together they give you everything you need to talk about how things look.

English Color Words with Audio Pronunciation

Some shade names are easy to misread, so every quiz includes audio pronunciation of the English words. Hearing a word like turquoise said aloud helps you lock in both how it sounds and how it is spelled.

Did You Know?

Plenty of color words are close cousins in English and Spanish, so once you spot the pattern, several become easy to recognize on sight. That shared root gives Spanish speakers a real head start here.

Watch for the two-word color names like light blue. They behave a little differently from single color words, which is worth noticing as your vocabulary grows.

How the Quizzes Work

Each quiz is short, about five minutes, and you can repeat any of the 3 sets until the colors come without thinking. Adding a handful of new shades at a time keeps it manageable. Ready to paint with words? Try the free interactive English quizzes and pick a set of colors.

1. Colors in English 1

This 10-question quiz pairs English color words with their Spanish meanings, made for Spanish speakers building their English vocabulary. You are given a word like blue or emerald and match it to the right translation. What is nice about this set is that it goes beyond plain colors and includes describing words such as bright, dull, and creamy, the kind you need to talk about how something actually looks. Plenty of these words are close cousins in both languages, so once you spot the pattern, several become easy to recognize. Recommended level: beginner.

score: 82% (everyone)

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2. Colors in English 2

This 10-question quiz continues the English color vocabulary for Spanish speakers, moving past the most basic shades. You will match words such as navy and peach to their Spanish meanings, broadening the range of colors you can name. A useful feature of this set is that it introduces two-word color names like light blue, which behave a little differently from single color words. It also slips in a texture term, opaque, which comes in handy for describing more than just the shade of something. Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

score: 88% (everyone)

🎧 10 questions

3. Colors in English 3

This 10-question quiz rounds out the English color vocabulary for Spanish speakers with one final batch of words. You will match terms like turquoise and tangerine to their Spanish translations, including a few of the trickier shades to spell. The handy extra here is the question phrase What color...?, which gives you a way to actually ask about color rather than just name one. It also covers see-through descriptions such as transparent, rounding out the words you need to talk about how things look. Recommended level: beginner to intermediate.

score: 95% (everyone)

🎧 10 questions