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The Language of Colours

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What colour is the colour of death in China, Korea and Asian countries?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

yellow

d)

grey

2.

What colour symbolises weddings and celebrations in India and China?

a)

black

b)

green

c)

orange

d)

red

3.

What colour used to be associated with luxury and royalty?

a)

purple

b)

white

c)

green

d)

pink

4.

What colours are invisible to humans?

a)

ultraviolet

b)

virulent

c)

infrared

d)

сrimson

5.

What colour is a scared American or British person?

a)

to be as blue as the sky

b)

to turn yellow

c)

to be as white as a sheet

d)

to become black

6.

What colour is a sad American or British person?

a)

blue

b)

grey

c)

black

d)

brown

7.

What colour is a pleased American or British person?

a)

orange

b)

red

c)

pink

d)

yellow

8.

What colour does an American or a British person see when very angry?

a)

orange

b)

pink

c)

red

d)

white

9.

What colour does an envious American or British person turn?

a)

green

b)

blue

c)

brown

d)

black

10.

What colour could only emperors in China wear in the past?

a)

yellow

b)

blue

c)

black

d)

red

11.

What color does this element belong to? (fire)

a)

red

b)

yellow

c)

blue

d)

green

12.

What color does this element belong to? (land)

a)

blue

b)

yellow

c)

grey

d)

green

13.

What color does this element belong to? (water)

a)

grey

b)

red

c)

green

d)

blue

14.

What color does this element belong to? (tree)

a)

green

b)

blue

c)

white

d)

purple

15.

What color does this element belong to? (metal)

a)

pink

b)

grey

c)

white

d)

black

16.

What color are the tiled roofs over residential buildings in Germany?

a)

rot

(red)

b)

grün

(green)

c)

gelb

(yellow)

d)

blau

(blue)

17.

What color does "honesty" mean in Germany?

a)

braun

(brown)

b)

gelb

(yellow)

c)

weiß

(white)

d)

rot

(red)

18.

What color is the town hall in Berlin?

a)

blau

(blue)

b)

schwarz

(black)

c)

rot

(red)

d)

grau

(grey)

19.

What color is banned in Indonesia?

a)

negro

(black)

b)

azul

(blue)

c)

verde

(green)

d)

rosa

(pink)

20.

What is the synonym for the word "blue" in Spanish?

a)

muerte

(death)

b)

magia

(magic)

c)

tranquilidad

(calmness)

d)

malicia

(anger)

21.

Which colour is not distinguished in the rainbow in Russian culture?

a)

brown

b)

red

c)

yellow

d)

green

22.

What’s the English word for “change the colour of something, like hair or clothes”?

a)

rainbow

b)

dye

c)

reflect

d)

draw

23.

What animals can see more colours than humans?

a)

dogs

b)

cats

c)

birds

d)

snakes

24.

What colour has become an international symbol for taking care of the environment?

a)

pink

b)

white

c)

blue

d)

green

25.

What colour would you expect an Irish bride to wear on her wedding day?

a)

yellow

b)

white

c)

blue

d)

black

26.

What does purple kimono mean in Japan?

a)

true love

b)

unhappiness

c)

death

d)

youth and beauty

27.

What are the colours of MES?