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Colours in Chinese for Kids — 颜色 Mandarin Colour Book

Learn your colours in Mandarin, each shown with a familiar object, plus pinyin and tap-to-hear audio.

红色hóngsèRed
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Voice reads Mandarin 中文

Colours are everywhere a child looks, which makes them a brilliant topic for learning Mandarin. This free book teaches ten colours — from 红色 (red) to 棕色 (brown) — and shows each one with a familiar object a child already knows, like a red rose, a yellow sun, or a green leaf.

Pairing a colour with a real thing helps the word stick far better than an abstract swatch. Tap each page to hear the colour spoken clearly in Mandarin, switch the audio to English when you like, and toggle pinyin on or off as your child grows.

Made for toddlers, preschoolers, and bilingual families, the colour book needs no sign-up and works on any phone or tablet. Explore our free numbers and animals books next, or create a personalized Chinese storybook that stars your own little one.

Colours word list

EnglishChinesePinyin
Red红色hóngsè
Yellow黄色huángsè
Green绿色lǜsè
Blue蓝色lánsè
Purple紫色zǐsè
Orange橙色chéngsè
Pink粉色fěnsè
Black黑色hēisè
White白色báisè
Brown棕色zōngsè

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say colours in Chinese?
The word for colour in Mandarin is 颜色 (yánsè). Each colour has its own word — for example red is 红色 (hóngsè) and blue is 蓝色 (lánsè).
How is each colour shown?
Every colour is paired with a familiar object of that colour — a rose for red, a sun for yellow, a cloud for blue — so the word connects to something your child already recognises.
Is the colours book free?
Yes. It is free to read with tap-to-hear audio, pinyin, and English, and there is no sign-up.

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