Colors Word Search

Print it as an art-class warm-up or for a child who is learning to read color words. Three levels share the theme. After finding a word, children can color a small box in that shade, which turns the sheet into a reading and coloring activity. Use My own words to enter up to 30 colors from a lesson, for example just warm shades. Hand a different version to each child using the 5 versions switch.

Color words are some of the first words children read for meaning, since they can check the answer with a crayon. RED, BLUE and PINK are quick. Words like GRAY, TEAL and CYAN have spelling that does not match how they sound. Medium has many five-letter shades, and Hard has long ones, such as TURQUOISE and CHARTREUSE, which are real tests of careful scanning. Children also learn that SKYBLUE is one word here. Looking for names of shades they have never seen is part of the fun.

A child of 5 or 6 can use Easy and color in a box beside each word as it turns up. Medium suits second and third graders who know the basic color names but not CORAL or KHAKI. Hard is for older kids who like rare words and a 20x20 board. If an art class is on the color wheel, type only the primary and secondary colors into My own words.

Can I limit it to primary and secondary colors?

Yes. Switch to My own words and type just those, such as RED, BLUE, GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE. Up to 30 words are allowed, and the answer key follows your list.

Is the Easy level good for a kindergartner?

Easy has short color names in a 10x10 grid, placed across and down only. With a parent reading each word aloud first, many kindergarteners manage it.

Why is SKYBLUE written as one word?

In a word search, entries must be one continuous string of letters, so a two-word shade is joined. A child can find it and then write it correctly as two words, SKY BLUE, afterward.