Name the shade(s) of color roughly described:

1. Bright white

2. Off-white

3. Sky blue

4. Bright red

5. Red-orange

6. Yellow-orange

7. Pale-green

8. Blue-green 

9. Yellow-green

10. Bluish-purple

11. Vintage brown

11. Pale yellow

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. Alabaster

2. Ecru or beige

3. Azure or cerulean

4. Cerise

5. Vermilion 

6. Saffron

7. Celadon

8. Teal or turquoise

9. Chartreuse

10. Mauve

11. Sepia

12. Flaxen or maize

1. Can you think of five words beginning with B that can follow BLUE?

2. Can you supply the next word after BLUE to answer these clues?

    a. Puritanical or prudish person

    b. Kind of music

    c. Rare event

    d. First day of he work week

    e. Top award, as at a fair

    f. Rapidly talking or swearing

    f. A woman having intellectual or literary interests (archaic)

3. Can you supply the next word after RED to answer these clues?

    a. Tiny worker

    b. Warning sign

    c. Country

    d. Bureaucracy

    e. Misleading clue

    f. Ocean event

    g. Old children's game

    h. Emergency

    i. Celebrity walkway 

    j. International aid group

4. Can you supply the next word after WHITE to answer these clues?

    a. Very ordinary, safe, and boring

    b. Area of a newspaper with no print or pictures

    c. An authoritative report on an issue

    d. Constant background sound - like a gentle rain

    e. Showing signs of extreme fright or stress

Answers:

1. Blue beard, bell, bird, bonnet, book

2)

a. Blue nose

b. Blue grass

c. Blue moon

d. Blue Monday 

e. Blue ribbon 

f. Blue streak

g. Blue stocking

 

3)

a. Red ant

b. Red flag

c. Red China

d. Red tape

e. Red herring

f. Red tide

g. Red Rover

h. Red alert

i. Red carpet

j. Red Cross 

 

4)

a. White bread

b. White space

c. White Paper

d. White noise

e. White-knuckled 

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE - AND BLACK

1. Can you name five things that can be both black and white?

2. Can you name five things that can be both red and white?

3. Can you name four things that can be both black and red?

4. Can you name four things that can be both blue and white? 

5. Can you name two things that can be both red and blue?

6. Can you name one thing that can be red, white, and black?

Answers:

1. Black and white: tie, board, light, face, out 

2. Red and white: flag, meat, light, sauce, hot 

3. Black and red: Sea, ink, eye, light

4. Blue and white: collar, Nile, fish, whale

5. Red and blue: blood, pencil

6. Red, white, and black : light

COLOR ASSOCIATIONS

Each color below is often associated with one or more things. How many can you name?

1. Red

2. Pink

3. Blue

4. Black

5. Green 

6. Purple

7. Yellow 

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. Red - Debt, embarrassment, Republican state

2. Pink - Female, health

3. Blue - Male, sad, Democratic state

4. Black - Making money

5. Green - Jealous, inexperienced, environment

6. Purple - Royalty, swing state

7. Yellow - Cowardice, gender neutral

 

 

COLORS X

COLOR SCHEMES - BLACK

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word BLACK.

1. Occult area
2. Facial skin woe
3. Soda pop flavor
4. He lives in the woods
5. Classroom staple
6. Karate skill level
7. It was cool in the '60's
8. Ammunition source
9. Kind of cake
10. 1954 monster horror film

Answers:

1. Black magic
2. Blackhead
3. Black cherry
4. Black bear
5. Blackboard
6. Black belt
7. Black light
8. Black powder 
9. Black Forest
10. Creature from the Black Lagoon
5. 

COLORFUL LANGUAGE
The Puzzlemaster Presents Vol. 2
Will Shortz (modified)

Anagram each word below into a new one that can be preceded by a color - to make a familiar two-word phrase. For example, BLOW could be anagrammed to BOWL and preceded by ORANGE to form ORANGE BOWL.

1. LIPS
2. EARTH
3. DIET
4. GAPES
5. DYNAMO
6. TEAM
7. SEAL
8. ARGUS
9. SILT
10. CENSER
11. FLOW
12. STAPLE
13. CORDER
14. BESTER

Answers:

1. PINK SLIP
2. PURPLE HEART 
3. CRIMSON TIDE*
4. YELLOW PAGES
5. BLUE MONDAY
6. RED MEAT
7. WHITE SALE
8. BROWN SUGAR
9. BLACK LIST
10. SILVER SCREEN
11. GRAY WOLF
12. ROSE PETALS
13. GOLD RECORD
14. GREEN BERETS

*3: Nickname of the University of Alabama football team

COLOR SYMBOLS

Credit: NY Times Crossword
August 29, 1994
Mary Derderian Brown (#1-3)

The answer to each clue begins with the name of a color.

1. Symbol of a rare occurrence
2. Symbol of intelligence
3. Symbol of surrender
4. Symbol of embarrassment
5. Symbol of plague
6. Symbol of retirement
7. Symbol of resource conservation
8. Symbol of heroism

Answers:

1. Blue moon
2. Grey matter (cells)
3. White flag
4. Red face
5. Black death 
6. Gold watch
7. Green energy 
8. Purple Heart 

COLORS IX

COLOR SCHEMES - BLACK

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word BLACK.

1. Oil
2. Winter driving hazard
3. System of buying and selling contraband
4. Body of water between eastern Europe and Asia
5. Feared spider
6. Day after Thanksgiving
7. Like many school playgrounds
8. Metal worker of old
9. Electricity grid failure
10. Extortion at the threat of releasing potentially damaging information
11. One who follows a different path than the rest of the family - often a troubled one
12. Names of people who are excluded from jobs, advancement, etc. - often for political or vengeful reasons

Answers:

1. Black gold
2. Black ice
3. Black market
4. Black Sea
5. Black widow
6. Black Friday
7. Blacktop
8. Blacksmith
9. Blackout
10. Blackmail
11. Black sheep
12. Black list

COLORS VIII

COLOR SCHEMES - SILVER

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word SILVER.

1. Elegant tea set
2. Symbol of being born into a life of privilege
3. Every cloud has one
4. Lone Ranger's symbol and souvenir
5. Second place in the Olympics
6. Metaphor for the movies

Answers:

1. Silver service
2. Silver spoon (in your mouth)
3. Silver lining
4. Silver bullet
5. Silver medal
6. Silver screen
 

COLORS VII

COLOR SCHEMES - RED

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word RED.

1. Giant tree
2. Strategically located body of water
3. Extend a college athlete's eligibility
4. Warning of impending trouble
5. Caught in the act
6. Like a memorable day
7. Steak, chops, and hamburger
8. Stop signal
9. Very angry, ardent, popular, etc.
10. Excessive regulations that hinder action
11. McCarthy tactic of the 1950's
12. British soldier in the American Revolution

Answers:

1. Redwood
2. Red Sea
3. Redshirt
4. Red flag
5. Red-handed
6. Red-letter
7. Red meat
8. Red light
9. Red-hot 
10. Red tape
11. Red-baiting
12. Redcoat 

COLORS VI

COLOR SCHEMES - YELLOW

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word YELLOW.

1. Tropical disease
2. Beatles' classic
3. Type of wasp
4. Huang He
5. Tendency to be cowardly
6. America's first National Park
7. Capital of the Northwest Territories
8. Cheap, sensational newspaper writing
9. Body of water between China and Korea
10. Telephone directory list of businesses and professionals

Answers:

1. Yellow fever
2. Yellow Submarine
3. Yellow jacket
4. Yellow River
5. Yellow streak
6. Yellowstone
7. Yellowknife
8. Yellow journalism
9. Yellow Sea
10. Yellow Pages

COLORS V

COLOR SCHEMES - BLUE

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word BLUE.

1. Great river of Africa
2. Semi-skilled or unskilled workers
3. College exams are often written in them
4. High-priced stock
5. Southern string-band music
6. Universally popular clothing
7. Rules banning retail sales on Sunday
8. Very, very seldom
9. Architect's plan
10. First-place award, often
11. Talk too much and too fast
12. Largest animal on earth
13. Product similar to Roquefort
14. Sickout by police officers
15. Newborn with respiratory problems
16. Edit or correct
17. Consistently loyal

Answers:

1. Blue Nile
2. Blue-collar
3. Blue books
4. Blue-chip
5. Bluegrass
6. Bluejeans
7. Blue laws
8. Once in a blue moon
9. Blueprint 
10. Blue ribbon
11. Talk a blue streak
12. Blue whale
13. Blue cheese
14. Blue flu
15. Blue baby
16. Blue-pencil 
17. True-blue

COLORS

Each clue below can be answered by a name or phrase that contains the name of a color.

1. Completely unexpected
2. Seen with a smoking gun
3. Munchkins' advice to Dorothy
4. Delighted
5. Classic children's horse story
6. Very shy girl
7. Optimistic viewpoint
8. Bring your own lunch
9. Piano keys
10. Every cloud has one
11. Ahab's obsession
12. Military decoration given to those wounded or killed in action against an enemy

Answers:

1. Out of the blue
2. Caught red-handed
3. "Follow the yellow brick road!"
4. Tickled pink
5. Black Beauty 
6. Shrinking violet
7. Through rose-colored glasses
8. Brown-bag it
9. Ebony and ivory
10. Silver lining
11. White Whale
12. Purple Heart

COLORS IV

COLOR SCHEMES - BLACK

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word BLACK.

1. Making money
2. Bruised
3. The two obvious sides to every story
4. Prevent from being hired or participating
5. Martial arts distinction
6. Data recording device on aircraft
7. Mt. Rushmore sight
8. Injury or embarrassment
9. Formal attire
10. Collapsed star

Answers:

1. In the black
2. Black and blue
3. Black and white
4. Blackball or blacklist
5. Black belt
6. Black box
7. Black Hills 
8. Black eye
9. Black tie
10. Black hole

 COLORS III

COLOR SCHEMES - WHITE

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word WHITE:

1. WONDER , for one
2. Business-related jobs
3. Future of our sun
4. Full spectrum of colors
5. President's residence
6. Nerve-wracking
7. Often told to spare feelings
8. Homemade whiskey
9. Chicken or pork
10. Sound of freeway traffic
11. Cover up a wrong
12. Gag gift, often given at parties
13. Alice followed him in Wonderalnd.
14. English Channel sight
15. Ocean wave part


Answers:

1. White bread
2. White-collar
3. White dwarf
4. White light
5. White House
6. White-knuckle
7. White lie
8. White lightning
9. White meat
10. White noise
11. Whitewash
12. White elephant 
13. White Rabbit 
14. White cliffs of Dover 
15. Whitecap
 

 COLORS II

COLOR SCHEMES - GREEN

THINKING GREEN

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Mar. 11, 2007

Eric Berlin (#1 - 5)

Each of the clues below can be answered with an expression containing the word GREEN:

1. Gifted gardener

2. Non-citizen ID

3. Special Forces soldier

4. It means go

5. What the moon is made of

6. Herbal drink

7. Save the Whales group

8. Golf course charges

9. Very jealous

10. Solar and wind power

11. Vendor featuring fruits and vegetables
12. Where the hole is sunk on a golf course
13. Dr. Seuss classic

Answers:

1. Green thumb

2. Green card

3. Green Beret

4. Green light

5. Green cheese

6. Green tea

7. Greenpeace

8. Green fees

9. Green with envy

10. Green energy

11. Green grocer
12. Putting green
13. Green Eggs and Ham

 COLORS I 

COLOR SCHEMES - RED

Each of the clues below can be answered with a name, word, or phrase containing the word RED.

1. Dakota Indian Chief

2. British soldier in the American Revolution

3. Edible fish

4. International aid organization

5. Star less powerful than our sun

6. To correct, edit, or otherwise revise

7. Financial losses

8. Emergency

9. Deliberate distraction

10. Movie stars often walk on it

11. Long, over-night flight

12. Star more powerful than our sun

13. Muslim aid organization

14. Bureaucratic complications

15. Lucy was one

Answers:

1. Red Cloud

2. Redcoat

3. Red snapper

4. Red Cross

5. Red dwarf

6. Red-pencil

7. Red ink

8. Red alert

9. Red herring

10. Red carpet

11. Red-eye

12. Red giant

13. Red Crescent

14. Red tape

15. Redhead

COLORS

Each clue below can be answered with a word or phrase containing the name of a color:

1. Healthy and fit

2. Florid, excessively complimentary writing

3. Highest quality

4. Working people

5. Jealous

6. A coward

7. Continuous, droning sound that we tune out

8. Making money

9. Losing money

10. Grand, impressive welcome, usually for celebrities

11. Favor gained for minor acts

12. Something used to divert attention from the real issue

13. Organization for buying and selling contraband

14. Extortion at the threat of revealing damaging information
15. One of a family regarded as not so respectable or successful as the others

Answers:

1. In the pink

2. Purple prose

3. Blue-ribbon

4. Blue-collar

5. Green with envy

6. Yellow-belly

7. White noise

8. In the black

9. In the red

10. Red carpet

11. Brownie points

12. Red herring

13. Black market

14. Blackmail
15. Black sheep