Colors Worksheets for Preschool: Free Color by Word Pages

Most children can point to a few colors early on, but connecting each color to its name, and later to the written word, takes time and a lot of everyday practice. Colors are also a great way to build vocabulary and sorting skills.

These free colors worksheets for preschool use a simple "color by word" idea: your child reads (or is helped to read) a color word and colors the picture to match.

What your child practices

Naming colors and matching them to real crayons.
Recognizing color words such as red, blue and yellow.
Coloring with control, staying mostly inside a shape.

How to use the color pages

Set out only the crayons you need. Fewer choices make it easier.
Color the key first. Each page starts with a row of color words and empty circles. Color each circle with the matching crayon. Now your child has their own color key.
Read the color word under each picture. Check the key if you need to.
Color the picture. Inside the lines is nice, but not required.

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Color games for preschoolers

Color sorting. Sort toys, socks or blocks into color piles.
I spy a color. "I spy something blue…"
Color walk. Pick one color and find as many things in that color as you can on a walk.
Mixing magic. Mix yellow and blue paint and watch green appear.

When do children learn color names?

It varies a lot. Many children know several colors by age 3 and most basic colors by 4, but mixing up names is common for a while. Keep naming colors in everyday talk; practice does the rest.