Colors and the rainbow worksheets
Printable kindergarten color worksheets: a colors chart, color the rainbow, color it right with color words, and a color hunt.
The worksheets
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Colors Chart
Ten colors with crayons, color words and a picture that is each color.
Color the Rainbow
A big rainbow with a color word on each stripe, in rainbow order, to color in.
Color It Right
Pictures like an apple, a frog and grapes, with color words to choose from. Fewer has two choices and four pictures.
Color Hunt
Rows of pictures with a crayon at the start. Kids circle the pictures that match the crayon's color.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
Kindergartners learn to name the basic colors, read the color words, and find colors in the world around them. The rainbow shows six colors in the same order every time: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
What comes next
Days of the week.
How to teach it
- Play "I spy something red" around the house.
- Read the color word together and match it to a crayon.
- Sing the rainbow colors in order. Red is always on the outside.
- Sort crayons, socks or blocks by color.
Common mistakes
- Mixing up purple and blue, or orange and red.
- Guessing the color word from its first letter, like brown for blue.
- Coloring the rainbow stripes out of order.