pastel colors, which are light or pale.
We can use other words to describe specific shades of a color (variations of a specific color). These
words are usually a typical object with that particular color. For example, “sky blue” is a light shade of
blue, like the color of the sky. Here are some of the most common collocations:
ruby red cherry red fiery orange burnt orange lemon yellow golden yellow emerald green olive green sky blue royal blue navy blue / midnight blue When you have something that is primarily one color, but with a little bit of another color included, we
can use the word “tinge.” There are two ways to structure the sentence:
The flowers are yellow with a tinge of pink in the middle.
My cat’s fur is light gray with a slight brownish tinge. You can also use this form – a color word plus –ISH – to describe mixes of colors. For example, “reddish brown” is a shade of brown with a strong portion of red, whereas “yellowish brown” is a shade of
brown with a strong portion of yellow.
Some colors look good together – in this case, we can say that the colors match. Other colors look
terrible together – in this case, we can say that the colors clash. When the color of a person’s clothes
looks good with that person’s skin tone(color of their skin), you can say “that color suits you” or “that color looks good on you.”
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Finally, one tip about changing the color of something. We use the verb “paint” in most cases – you
paint a house and paint your nails. But we use the verb “dye” for hair and cloth/fabric – so you dye
