Simple Online Photographic Dictionary

Black is the colour of the night sky or the deepest, darkest shadow. The swan in the picture is black.

Photo by Mike__Lawrence

Blue is the colour of the sky on a clear day. It is a primary colour, which means blue paint can be used to make other colours but you can't use any other colours to make blue paint. The bird in the picture is blue.

Photo by Fotographix.ca

Many animals are brown, and dirt is brown. The colour brown can be made by mixing a few other colours of paint together without thinking, you'll usually get brown this way! The horse in the picture is dark brown.

Photo by BigTallGuy

Caramel is a word for a mid-brown colour as well as a food. Caramel is made by heating sugar until it melts and changes colour. Caramel has a disctinctive flavour and is used in a lot of desserts like puddings and cakes, and is also used in lots of sweets and candies.

Photo by Joyosity

Gold is a heavy, soft, yellow metal that is easy to work with. It is the softest metal, and is very dense, much denser than lead.

Gold is very stable and is used to coat other more reactive metals to protect them, but its primary use is in jewellery. Pure gold is too soft to make jewellery out of, and is usually mixed with silver, copper and other metals.

Photo by Covilha

Green is the colour of the leaves on most plants. The colour green can be made by mixing blue
and yellow paint. The frog in the picture is green.

Photo by Zunami

Grey (also spelt gray) is the colour of weathered rocks and concrete paths. The colour grey can be made by mixing black and white paint. The cat in the picture is grey.

Photo by Sarah_Jones

Scientific name: citrus sinensis

An orange is the name for both a colour and a citrus fruit. Oranges are similar to lemons but are very sweet and can be eaten raw, squeezed to make juice, and can be made into marmalade. The colour orange can be made by mixing red and yellow paint.

Photo by Kyle McDonald

Pink is a colour most often seen on flowers. You can make pink by mixing red and white paint. The car in the picture is pink.

Photo by Foshie

Purple is the colour of some flowers and fruits. The colour purple can be made by mixing blue and red paint. The flower in the picture is purple.

Photo by Suchitra Prints