Colors
Your child names eleven colors, mixes paints in a bowl, hunts for colors in a park, builds a rainbow and colors in a picture. Every word is read aloud, so no reading is needed.
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Colors
Tap a pot of paint to hear its color and see three things in that color.
Mix
Drag two paints into the bowl, guess the new color, then stir and see.
Hunt
Find six colors in a busy park, one color at a time.
Rainbow
Drag the stripes onto the rainbow in the right order, red on the outside.
Color it
Color the picture: a yellow sun, a blue sky, a red roof. Then color freely.
Fun facts
Short facts about colorful animals, the sky and the rainbow, read aloud.
Memory
Match each color to a thing in that color: 4, 6 or 8 pairs.
Quiz
Ten questions. Every right answer adds paint to a picture.
Facts for kids
Word for word as the game reads them aloud.
Pink from food
Flamingos are pink because of what they eat: tiny pink shrimp and little plants in the water. Baby flamingos are gray!
Changing colors
A chameleon can change its color. It shows how it feels, and it helps it warm up or cool down.
Black skin
A polar bear's fur looks white, but its skin underneath is black!
Do not eat me!
Ladybugs are bright red with black dots. The bright color tells birds: I taste yucky, do not eat me!
Stripes
Zebras are black and white. Every zebra has its very own pattern of stripes.
Secret colors
Bees can see colors that we cannot see. Some flowers have secret patterns that only bees can see.
A winter coat
The arctic fox is brown or gray in summer. In winter its fur turns white, so it can hide in the snow.
Showing off
The papa peacock has beautiful blue and green feathers. He spreads them out like a big fan to show off.
Hide and seek
A green tree frog is the same color as the leaves. That makes it very hard to find!
Rainbow order
A rainbow always has its colors in the same order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
Why is the sky blue?
Sunlight bounces around in the air, and blue light bounces around the most. That is why the sky looks blue.
Autumn leaves
In autumn, green leaves turn yellow, orange, red and brown before they fall off the tree.
Purple carrots
Long, long ago, most carrots were purple or yellow. Orange carrots came much later.
Questions kids ask
Why is the sky blue?
Sunlight has all the colors in it. The air scatters blue light more than the other colors, so blue light reaches our eyes from all over the sky.
Why is the sky orange and red at sunset?
When the sun is low, its light travels through much more air. Most of the blue is scattered away on the way, so mostly red, orange and yellow light reaches us.
What are the colors of the rainbow?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Many people just say red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, like in the game.
Are the rainbow colors always in the same order?
Yes. In a normal rainbow, red is always on the outside and violet, a kind of purple, is on the inside. In a fainter second rainbow above it, the order is flipped.
How does a rainbow happen?
Sunlight shines into raindrops, bends and splits into its colors. You see one when the sun is behind you and rain is in front of you.
What do red and yellow make?
Orange, when you mix paint. Blue and yellow paint make green, and red and blue paint make purple.
Does mixing light work like mixing paint?
No. Paint soaks up some colors of light, so mixed paints get darker. Colored lights add together and get brighter, and all of them together look white.
How do you make pink, gray or light blue?
Add white. Red and white paint make pink, black and white make gray, and blue and white make light blue.
Why are some animals so bright?
Often to warn others. A ladybug's bright red tells birds it tastes bad, so they leave it alone. Other animals, like the male peacock, show off bright colors.
Why are flamingos pink?
Because of their food. Tiny shrimp and algae have pink and orange color in them, and it goes into the feathers. Baby flamingos are gray.
Is a polar bear really white?
Not quite. Its hairs have no color and let light through, which makes the fur look white. The skin underneath is black.
When do children learn the names of colors?
Most children can name a few colors of things by about age 4. Some start much earlier, and every child learns at their own pace.
Talk about it
- What is your favorite color? Can you find three things in that color right now?
- What do you think happens if we mix blue and yellow? And what if we add white?
- Why do you think a frog is green and a ladybug is red?
A color hunt at home
Pick a color together, then find as many things in that color as you can in one room. Put them in a row and name each one. Next time, try a new color or a new room.
Facts checked against NASA Space Place: Why is the sky blue?, Met Office: How rainbows form, CDC: Milestones by 4 years. Last checked October 13, 2026. Who makes Play & Learn