Free Learn the Colors Worksheets for Preschool – 9 Colors, One Page Each

These free printable color worksheets give preschool children nine pages, one for each colour: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown and black. Every page shows one large shape already filled in, twelve outlines of the same shape to colour in, and three empty boxes at the bottom where the child draws and colours their own.

One colour per page is the whole design. A young child asked to sort several colours at once is doing two jobs – remembering which colour is which, and deciding where each one goes. Giving a page over to a single colour removes the second job entirely, so a child who is still learning the word purple can spend the whole page on it.

Each colour is paired with a different shape, so the pack teaches nine colour names and eight shape names at the same time without either getting in the way of the other.

What Is in This Free Color Worksheet Pack

• Nine printable worksheets, one colour on each page.
• A large filled shape at the top showing exactly what the colour looks like.
• Twelve outlines to colour in, arranged in a grid.
• Three Try it yourself! boxes for drawing and colouring without a guide.
• A different shape for every colour – circle, square, star, triangle, heart, diamond, oval and rectangle.
• A separate PDF for every colour – no sign-up, no email address, no cost.

The 9 Color Worksheets

The colours run in roughly the order children learn to name them. One page is a complete session for a three or four year old.

Worksheet 1 – Color it Red (Circle)

Red comes first because it is the colour most children name correctly before any other, which makes page one a win rather than a test.

Worksheet 2 – Color it Orange (Square)

Orange sits between red and yellow, and children who are still sorting those two out often hesitate here. Saying all three names while pointing at the first three pages helps.

Worksheet 3 – Color it Yellow (Star)

Yellow is the hardest colour to see against white paper, so the outlines on this page are the ones most likely to end up only half filled in.

Worksheet 4 – Color it Green (Triangle)

Green is usually the second colour a child can name. Ask them to find something green in the room before starting.

Worksheet 5 – Color it Blue (Heart)

Blue and green are the pair most often mixed up in English-speaking children, and doing them on consecutive pages makes the difference obvious.

Worksheet 6 – Color it Purple (Diamond)

Purple is a colour many children recognise but cannot name, so this page is as much a vocabulary page as a colouring one.

Worksheet 7 – Color it Pink (Oval)

Pink is a light red, and some children want to call it red. Both pages are in the pack, so put them side by side if that comes up.

Worksheet 8 – Color it Brown (Rectangle)

Brown is the colour children name last of the common nine, and the one they most often call black or orange instead.

Worksheet 9 – Color it Black (Circle)

Filling twelve outlines with black uses a lot of pencil. Let your child scribble rather than shade neatly – the point is the colour, not the coverage.

Seeing a Colour and Naming It Are Two Different Things

Babies can tell red from blue long before they can speak. By the time a child reaches these pages, their eyes have been sorting colours for years – what is missing is the word. That is worth knowing, because it changes what to do when a child gets one wrong.

A child who colours the page in the wrong colour has almost never failed to see the difference. They have attached the wrong name to it. Correcting the eye does not help; repeating the name while pointing at the large shape at the top of the page does. Say it, let them say it, and move on – the names settle over weeks, not minutes.

When Children Are Ready for These Worksheets

These pages suit children from about two and a half to five years old. There is nothing to read, count or write, and even a very young child can scribble inside a large outline, so this is often the first worksheet pack a toddler can genuinely take part in.

Colour naming is not part of the Common Core mathematics standards, though it appears in most preschool and pre-K frameworks. It earns its place for a plain practical reason: almost every later worksheet a child meets – sorting, patterns, graphing, colour-by-number – assumes the colour words are already known.

How to Use These Worksheets

1. Print one page and say the colour name out loud together while pointing at the large shape.
2. Find something that colour in the room before picking up a crayon.
3. Colour the twelve outlines. Going outside the lines does not matter at this age.
4. Do the three Try it yourself! boxes last, drawing the shape freehand and colouring it.
5. Stick the finished page somewhere visible and ask the colour name again the next day.

Three Things to Watch For

Reaching for the nearest crayon

A child who colours the red page orange may simply have grabbed whatever was closest. Put only the right crayon on the table for the first few pages and the problem disappears.

Blue and green, pink and red

These two pairs cause most of the mix-ups in English. The pack deliberately places blue right after green so the two pages can be compared side by side.

Knowing the colour but not the word

Ask “can you find another one this colour?” instead of “what colour is this?”. If they can point to a match, the seeing is fine and only the vocabulary needs time.

Printing Tips

• Choose Actual size or Fit to page so the shapes keep their proportions.
• Each page fills one sheet and works on both US Letter and A4 paper.
• Slip a page into a plastic wallet and use a dry-wipe pen to reuse it with more than one child.
• The black page prints almost entirely in outline, so it costs very little ink even though the finished sheet is dark.

Frequently Asked Questions

What age are these color worksheets for?

About two and a half to five years old – toddlers, preschool and pre-K.

Which colours are included?

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown and black – nine pages in all.

Does my child need to know the shapes too?

No. The shapes are there so each colour has its own page, but nothing on the page depends on naming them.

What comes after this pack?

Matching colour words to colours, and sorting by colour. Both are linked below.

Do I need to sign up to download these?

No. Every PDF downloads immediately, with no account, no email address and no cost.

Can I use these in my classroom?

Yes, they are free to print for home and classroom use. Please do not sell them or re-host the files elsewhere.

More Free Color and Shape Worksheets

• Free Color Words Worksheets – Match Colors and Words
• Free Color Recognition Worksheets – Find the Same Color
• Free What Color Is It Worksheets for Kindergarten
• Free Color Mixing Worksheets – What Two Colors Make
• Free Sorting Worksheets – Sort by Color and Shape
• Free Trace the Shapes Worksheets for Preschool