Each of these color riddles gives two or three clues, most of them things a child sees every day, and asks what color they share.
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Riddles with colors as the answer, one color at a time
A list of one color suits a color of the week in preschool or kindergarten: read one riddle each morning, then let the class name more things of that color.
Easy color riddles, and a few that teach
Most clues are sights: a basketball, a baby chick, a rain cloud. Others say which two paints mix into the color, where it sits in the rainbow, or which two words it rhymes with.
Read the clues one at a time and pause after each, so a quick guesser can jump in early.
After the answer, ask for one more thing of that color in the room.
Questions and answers
What are some riddles where the answer is red?
I am the color of a fire truck, of a ladybug's back and of a ripe tomato. What color am I? Choose Red in the menu for the rest, with clues from a traffic light, the rainbow and the planet Mars.
What is an easy color riddle for preschool?
I am the color of grass, of peas in a pod and of a pickle. What color am I? Green. Riddles that list three things are the easiest, because a child needs only one of the clues.
Which colors are there riddles for?
Eleven: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white and gray. Each color has six riddles.
I am on the outside of every rainbow, the first color of the arch. Cherries and cardinals wear me too. What color am I?Answer: Red. A rainbow shows red on its outer edge.
I am the color of a fire truck, of a ladybug's back and of a ripe tomato. What color am I?Answer: Red. All three are red.
I rhyme with sled and with bread. I am the color of ketchup and of a barn in a picture book. What color am I?Answer: Red. Red rhymes with sled and bread.
Mix me with yellow, and you get orange. Mix me with blue, and you get purple. Make me pale, and you get pink. What color am I?Answer: Red. Red is one of the three colors that painters mix the others from, and pink is a pale red.
On a traffic light, I am the light that tells drivers to stop. I am the nose of a clown and the suit of Santa Claus. What color am I?Answer: Red. A red light means stop.
People say they "see" me when they get very angry. In the old rhyme, roses are my color. So is the planet Mars. What color am I?Answer: Red. To see red is to become angry, and Mars is called the Red Planet.
Orange 6
I am bright, so that I am easy to see. I am the color of a road worker's vest, of a life jacket and of a lifeboat. What color am I?Answer: Orange. Bright orange stands out from far away.
I am the color of a basketball, of a goldfish and of the inside of a sweet potato. What color am I?Answer: Orange. All three are orange.
I am the color of a tangerine's peel, of a marigold and of macaroni and cheese. What color am I?Answer: Orange. All three are orange.
I am the color of a tiger between its black stripes, of a fox's coat and of the sky when the sun goes down. What color am I?Answer: Orange. All three are orange.
I sit between red and yellow in the rainbow. A painter makes me by mixing those two. What color am I?Answer: Orange. Orange lies between red and yellow, and painters mix it from them.
My name has six letters and starts with O. I am the color of an apricot and of a clownfish between its white bands. What color am I?Answer: Orange. O-R-A-N-G-E.
Yellow 6
Children draw the sun with me. Sunflowers and dandelions wear me in the field. What color am I?Answer: Yellow. A child's sun is yellow, and so are both flowers.
I am the color of a lemon, of a baby chick and of the middle of a daisy. What color am I?Answer: Yellow. All three are yellow.
I am the stripes on a bee that are not black. I am the mustard on a hot dog and the yolk of an egg. What color am I?Answer: Yellow. All three are yellow.
I rhyme with fellow and with cello. I am the color of butter and of corn on the cob. What color am I?Answer: Yellow. Yellow rhymes with fellow and cello.
In the United States and Canada, I am the color of a school bus. I am the color of a rubber duck too. What color am I?Answer: Yellow. School buses in North America are painted a yellow made for them in 1939.
Mix me with blue, and you get green. Mix me with red, and you get orange. In the rainbow I come third. What color am I?Answer: Yellow. Yellow is one of the three colors that painters mix the others from, and it follows red and orange in the rainbow.
Green 6
A person who is good at growing plants is said to have a thumb of my color. Leaves wear me all summer, and so does a four-leaf clover. What color am I?Answer: Green. To have a green thumb is to be good at gardening.
I am the color of a caterpillar on a leaf, of broccoli and of a cucumber's skin. What color am I?Answer: Green. All three are green.
I am the color of an emerald, of a pine tree in winter and of the cloth on a pool table. What color am I?Answer: Green. An emerald is a green gemstone.
I am the color of grass, of peas in a pod and of a pickle. What color am I?Answer: Green. All three are green.
I rhyme with bean and with queen. I am the color of spinach and of mint leaves. What color am I?Answer: Green. Green rhymes with bean and queen.
Stir blue paint and yellow paint together, and you get me. Count the seven colors of the rainbow, and I am the one in the middle. What color am I?Answer: Green. Blue and yellow make green, and green is fourth of the seven.
Blue 6
I am the color of a sapphire, of a robin's egg and of the ink in many pens. What color am I?Answer: Blue. All three are blue.
I rhyme with glue and with zoo. I am the color of a peacock's neck and of the flame on a gas stove. What color am I?Answer: Blue. Blue rhymes with glue and zoo.
The largest animal known to have ever lived is a whale named for me. A jay and a small round berry are named for me too. What color am I?Answer: Blue. The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed.
Mix me with yellow, and you get green. Mix me with red, and you get purple. In the rainbow I come after green. What color am I?Answer: Blue. Blue is one of the three colors that painters mix the others from, and it follows green in the rainbow.
On a faucet, I mark the cold side. On a map, I am the rivers and the lakes. On a globe, I am most of what you see. What color am I?Answer: Blue. Maps and globes show water in blue.
Something that almost never happens is said to happen once in a moon of my color. At many fairs, the ribbon for first place is my color. What color am I?Answer: Blue. Once in a blue moon means very rarely, and a blue ribbon is given for first place.
Purple 6
I am on the inside of every rainbow, the last color of the arch. There my name is violet. What color am I?Answer: Purple. A rainbow shows violet on its inner edge.
I am the color of blackberry juice on your fingers, of a crocus in early spring and of the sky just after the sun has set. What color am I?Answer: Purple. All three are purple.
I am the color of grape jelly, of an eggplant and of the skin of a plum. What color am I?Answer: Purple. All three are purple.
I am the color of lavender in bloom, of an amethyst and of the violets that come up in spring. What color am I?Answer: Purple. An amethyst is a violet kind of quartz.
Mix red paint and blue paint, and you get me. Long ago my dye cost so much that I became the color of kings and queens. What color am I?Answer: Purple. Red and blue make purple, and the costly dye tied the color to royalty.
My name has six letters, and two of them are P. I am the color of grape juice and of an iris in the garden. What color am I?Answer: Purple. P-U-R-P-L-E.
Pink 6
A flamingo gets my color from the food it eats. Cherry blossoms wear me in spring. What color am I?Answer: Pink. A flamingo's feathers turn pink from what is in its food.
I am red gone pale. I am the color of an earthworm after the rain and of the pads on a kitten's paws. What color am I?Answer: Pink. Pink is a pale tint of red.
I am the color of a pig in a picture book, of bubble gum and of cotton candy at the fair. What color am I?Answer: Pink. All three are pink.
I am the color of a piggy bank, of a strawberry milkshake and of the clouds at sunrise. What color am I?Answer: Pink. All three are pink.
I rhyme with wink and with sink. I am the color of strawberry ice cream and of ballet slippers. What color am I?Answer: Pink. Pink rhymes with wink and sink.
People who are very pleased say they are "tickled" my color. I am the eraser on the end of a pencil, and I am your tongue. What color am I?Answer: Pink. To be tickled pink is to be delighted.
Brown 6
I am the color of a football, of a paper lunch bag and of maple syrup. What color am I?Answer: Brown. All three are brown.
I am the color of a grizzly bear, of a walnut shell and of the skin of a potato. What color am I?Answer: Brown. All three are brown.
I am the color of a tree trunk, of an acorn and of the soil in the garden. What color am I?Answer: Brown. Soil and wood are often brown.
I am the color of chocolate, of a teddy bear and of mud after the rain. What color am I?Answer: Brown. All three are brown.
I rhyme with town and with crown. I am the color of toast and of a cardboard box. What color am I?Answer: Brown. Brown rhymes with town and crown.
Stir red, yellow and blue paint together, and you often end up with me. I am the color of the water in the cup where the brushes are rinsed. What color am I?Answer: Brown. Red and yellow mixed with blue can make brown.
Black 6
I am half of a zebra, half of a penguin and half of a panda. I am the darker half. What color am I?Answer: Black. All three animals are black and white.
I am the color of a crow, of a tire and of a lump of coal. What color am I?Answer: Black. All three are black.
I am the pepper beside the salt. I am the olives on a pizza and the ink of a newspaper. What color am I?Answer: Black. All three are black.
I am what you see when every light is off. I am the color of a shadow and of the letters in a book. What color am I?Answer: Black. Black is what the eye sees where there is no light.
I rhyme with snack and with track. I am the color of licorice and of a panther. What color am I?Answer: Black. Black rhymes with snack and track.
On a piano, I am the shorter keys. On a pool table, I am the eight ball. In your eye, I am the dot in the middle. What color am I?Answer: Black. A piano has 36 black keys, and the 8 ball is black.
White 6
A flag of my color with nothing on it means: we give up. A page of my color with nothing on it means: start writing. What color am I?Answer: White. A white flag is a sign of truce and of surrender.
A prism can split my light into a rainbow, because the other colors are inside it. I am the color of paper before you draw on it. What color am I?Answer: White. Isaac Newton showed with a prism that white light is made of many colors.
I am the color of a swan, of a snowman and of the clouds on a fair day. What color am I?Answer: White. All three are white.
I am the color of fresh snow, of milk and of a cotton ball. What color am I?Answer: White. Snow and milk are white.
I rhyme with kite and with night. I am the color of marshmallows and of whipped cream. What color am I?Answer: White. White rhymes with kite and night.
On a piano, I am the longer keys. On a pool table, I am the cue ball. On a chalkboard, I am the chalk. What color am I?Answer: White. A piano has 52 white keys, and chalk is white.
Gray 6
I am the color of a dolphin's back, of a pigeon and of the ashes when the campfire is cold. What color am I?Answer: Gray. All three are gray.
I am the color of a rhinoceros, of a koala and of the smoke from a chimney. What color am I?Answer: Gray. All three are gray.
I am the color of an elephant, of a rain cloud and of a sidewalk. What color am I?Answer: Gray. Gray is the color of a rain cloud.
I am the color that hair turns as people grow old. I am the color of fog and of a stone wall. What color am I?Answer: Gray. All three are gray.
I rhyme with day and with play. Americans usually spell me with an A, and the British spell me with an E. What color am I?Answer: Gray. Gray is more common in American English, and grey in British English.
Mix black and white, and you get me. I am the color of a mouse and of the line a pencil leaves. What color am I?Answer: Gray. Gray lies between black and white.