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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #53119: Mixed colours
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    Mixed colours


    Mélange de couleurs.

    Mixed colours.

     

    darken the colour/foncer la couleur

    paintbox/boîte de couleurs

    to lighten/rendre plus clair

    colour(Br),color(Am)/couleur

    primary colours/couleurs primaires

    secondary colours/couleurs secondaires

    to paint/peindre

    painting/peinture

    to mix/mélanger

    mixed/mélangé

    I would like to/j'aimerais...(conditionnel)

    I want to + verbe/je veux...

    red/rouge

    blue/bleu

    yellow/jaune

    mauve/mauve

    orange/orange

    green/vert

    white/blanc

    black/noir

    grey(Br) or gray(Am)/gris

    pink/rose

    brown/brun

    light blue/bleu ciel

    dark green/vert foncé

     

    *The primary colours are red,yellow and blue.

    Les couleurs primaires sont le rouge,le jaune et le bleu.

     

    *The secondary colours are mauve,orange and green.

    Les couleurs secondaires sont le mauve,l'orange et le vert.

     

    *White is not a colour.It contains every colour.White represents the light.It can be used in painting to lighten colours.

    Le blanc n'est pas une couleur.Il est l'ensemble des couleurs.Le blanc représente la lumière.Il peut être utilisé en peinture pour éclaircir les couleurs.

     

    *Black is not a colour either. Black represents the absence of colour. It can be used in painting to darken the colours.

    Le noir n'est pas non plus une couleur.Le noir représente l'absence de couleurs.Il peut être utilisé en peinture pour foncer les couleurs.

     

    *If you don't have a lot of different colours when you want to paint,you can mix colours and then you will obtain some missing colours.

    Si tu n'as pas beaucoup de coloris différents lorsque tu veux peindre,tu peux faire des mélanges de couleurs pour obtenir les couleurs qu'il te manque.

     

    red+yellow=orange

    red+blue=mauve

    yellow+blue=green

    red+green=brown

    black+white=grey

    red+white=pink

     

    colour+white-> lighter

    colour+black-> darker

     

    ->Lis et trouve dans le menu déroulant les couleurs que je dois mélanger pour obtenir la couleur de ce que j'aimerais peindre.

    ->Read and find correct mixed colours for every painting I would like to do.





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    1. I want to paint a pig but I don't have pink colour.I will mix
    2. I want to paint a frog but I don't have green colour.I will mix
    3. I want to paint a bear but I don't have brown colour.I will mix
    4. I want to paint a clementine but I don't have orange colour.I will mix
    5. I want to paint a mauve flower but I don't have mauve colour.I will mix
    6. I want to paint an elephant but I don't have grey colour.I will mix
    7. I want to paint the sky but I don't have light blue colour.I will mix
    8. I want to paint a dark blue suit but I don't have dark blue colour.I will mix
    9. I want to paint dark green leaves but I don't have dark green colour.I will mix








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