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Colors of a Rainbow

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A rainbow has seven colors.

  1. Count together the colors of the rainbow.
  2. Have you ever seen a rainbow after it rains? Sometimes, you can even see a double rainbow if you’re lucky!
  3. Point out that her dress and the background on this page go through many of the same colors as the rainbow.
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The first color is red.

  1. How does the color red make you feel? Red is often thought of as an active, high energy color.
  2. Sometimes red is an angry color. People may say they "see red" when they are angry.
  3. People often paint things red or choose red things because of the color’s high energy. Have you seen cars that are red?
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Kewyu is wearing a red shirt.

  1. Do you have any red clothes?
  2. Do you have any red flowers near where you live?
  3. Count together the number of people in this picture.
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The second color is orange.

  1. How does orange feel compared to red? It is still high energy, but perhaps a bit less so.
  2. She looks all alone in the middle of all that orange with her hands stretched out like that.
  3. An orange is a fruit named after its color. Can you think of other orange things around you?
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This is an orange.

What else can you see that is the color orange?

  1. The cat and fish are orange. Have you seen an orange cat or fish before?
  2. A sphere is a ball – round in all directions. Is an orange a sphere?
  3. How is the fish bowl different from a sphere?
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The third color is yellow.

  1. Make up something that she is pointing at.
  2. She looks excited about what is coming next. I bet it is something yellow!
  3. How has her dress changed from earlier pictures? Hint: It is now broken up into two sections.
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The yolk of an egg is yellow. What else can you see that is the color yellow?

  1. How can you tell that she is hungry?
  2. She has a yellow sunflower on her table. Do you have flowers around you sometimes when you eat?
  3. Name something in the sky that is yellow.
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The fourth color is green.

  1. How does green feel to you? This green is a lot calmer than the red, orange, or yellow.
  2. Name some things that are green – they are all around you!
  3. Green comes in many different types. How many types of green can you name?
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Our banana garden is green.

  1. Point at and count the animals you see on this page – look carefully!
  2. Point out the yellow greens, lime greens, bright greens, and dark greens on this page.
  3. A lot of trees are brown and green. Brown is not one of the main colors of the rainbow. Where does it show up in the rainbow?
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The fifth color is blue.

  1. She looks so happy in the middle of all that blue. Does blue make you feel happy?
  2. Some people say they feel blue when they are sad. Does blue seem like a sad color to you?
  3. The sky and water are usually blue, but it is not common in plants. Have you seen flowers that are blue?
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The sky is blue.

  1. Bodies of water, such as oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers, are often blue.
  2. Point to these birds and clouds and count them together.
  3. Which are there more of – clouds or birds?
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The sixth color is indigo.

  1. Flowers are sometimes indigo. Have you seen flowers whose color is close to being indigo?
  2. Sometimes her hands are stretched out wide. Having hands on hips often shows defiance and strength.
  3. Indigo is very powerful. How do you feel if you stare at this big square of indigo?
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These berries are the color indigo.

  1. Count together the buttons or snaps on her jacket.
  2. Would you like to eat some of those berries? Do you think you could eat all of them?
  3. Think of the largest number you can. Does she have more berries than that number?
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The seventh color is violet.

  1. Violet is a very intense color. Is it too intense for you, or do you enjoy how intense it is?
  2. Now she has her arms crossed. Crossed arms can indicate being closed off from others.
  3. People tell us a lot without saying any words. Sometimes people do that with an expression on their face, and sometimes they do it with the way they hold their body.
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My dress is violet.

Violet is my favorite color! What is your favorite color?

  1. Notice that the flowers she is next to are violet flowers – they are named after their color.
  2. She looks very happy wearing a dress with her favorite color. Do you have clothes that are in your favorite color?
  3. Which colors make you happy? Are there colors you don’t like?
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Do you know the seven colors of the rainbow?

  1. Can you remember what each color is?
  2. Some people use the fake name Roy G. Biv to remind them of the order of the seven colors of the rainbow.
  3. Brown is not one of the main colors of the rainbow. Are there other colors you know that are not one of the seven?

You are free to download, copy, translate or adapt this story and use the illustrations as long as you attribute in the following way:

Colours of a rainbow
Author — Caren Echesa
Translation — Caren Echesa
Illustration — Jesse Breytenbach
Language — English
Level — First words
© African Storybook Initiative 2015
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org

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