Recognize the primary colors

Pre-K (ages 4–5) - Preschool (ages 3–4)

Touch what is red: a painter and three children dip their brushes into blue, red and yellow paint splashes.

Red, blue, yellow: your child listens to the color asked for and chooses the right picture. A free game to recognize the primary colors, ages 3 to 5.

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Teaching documentation of the game “Recognize the primary colors”

About this game

Choose the picture in the color you hear: red, blue or yellow, the three primary colors.

Recognize the primary colors: red, blue and yellow in preschool

Red, blue and yellow are the three primary colors. You cannot make them by mixing other colors, but you can mix them to make many more. Before mixing, though, the child needs to recognize them well. This game helps children aged 3 to 5 tell red, blue and yellow apart.

The voice says a color, for example: “Choose what is red.” Then three pictures appear. Your child chooses the one in the color they heard. Then a short sentence confirms the answer. A short lesson comes first, with one picture for each color. A round has five questions, with a progress bar.

The hint suggests looking at each picture, one at a time, and saying its color out loud. This way, the child links the word to the color. If they hesitate, point to something red, blue or yellow around you.

To go further, take red, blue and yellow paint. Make a dot of each color, then mix two of them: red and yellow make orange! What’s more, your child can look for the three primary colors on a picture book. The game is free on a computer, tablet or phone.

Tip for recognizing the primary colors

Listen carefully to the color you hear: red, blue or yellow? Say it again out loud. Then look at each picture, one at a time, and say its color. When the color you say is the same as the color you heard, you have found it. Touch it!