What Colour Is That? – Discovering a Whole World of Colour
Discover colours everywhere you look! From red apples to blue skies — this vibrant animated educational storybook makes colour learning irresistible for children aged 2–7.
About This Video
Colours are everywhere — in the red of a post box, the yellow of a taxicab, the green of a summer leaf, the orange of a tiger lily, the blue of a clear winter sky. This animated colour celebration video goes through every colour of the rainbow by discovering it in a real-world object: red strawberry, orange tiger, yellow sunflower, green frog, blue kingfisher, indigo bluebell, violet lavender. Every colour is shown in its most vivid, characterful version — bright enough to delight, specific enough to teach.
Perfect for toddlers and young children aged 2 to 5 starting to build confident colour recognition. After watching, play a colour spotting game on any walk — find something red, then orange, then yellow. The rainbow order becomes a framework for colour exploration anywhere. Free to watch.
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Parents' Questions
Which colours does the What Colour Is That video teach children and which objects?
This colour recognition video introduces every major colour through a vivid, easily remembered real-world pairing: red (a plump ripe strawberry), orange (a tiger's striped coat), yellow (a tall sunflower facing the sun), green (a bright green frog on a lily pad), blue (a kingfisher sitting on a branch above a river — its blue is among the most intense blues in the natural world), indigo (a field of bluebells in spring woodland), and violet (lavender in a sunny garden). Each pairing is chosen because the colour is as vivid as possible and the object is genuinely beautiful and memorable.
What colour-spotting activity works best to extend the learning from this video?
Play rainbow colour spotting on any walk, car journey or indoor game. Go in order: find something red, then orange, then yellow, then green, then blue, then purple. The challenge of finding every rainbow colour in the environment builds the habit of active visual attention and precise colour discrimination. For younger toddlers aged 2 to 3, focus on just two or three colours per game. For children aged 4 to 7, add challenges: find two different shades of green, find something red that is not food. Building colour vocabulary this specifically creates the descriptive precision that supports both science and art throughout education.
What age is the What Colour Is That colour recognition video designed for?
Primarily designed for children aged 2 to 5 building first colour vocabulary, though the vivid visuals engage children up to age 7. Two to three year olds are at the peak of colour name acquisition — seeing colours named repeatedly in the most vivid, beautiful examples available accelerates accurate colour labelling significantly. Children aged 4 to 5 can extend toward colour families, shades and comparisons. The rainbow structure of the video gives children a mental framework for organising colour knowledge that they use automatically in all future colour discussion, art and science.
