Overview
This guide covers color words and shade words, so you can recognize both a written color name and a color swatch.
Level 1
rød
red
oransje
orange
gul
yellow
grønn
green
blå
blue
rosa
pink
svart
black
hvit
white
Practice seeing rød and finding red, then seeing a red swatch and retrieving rød. Recognition and recall are different skills.
Level 3
turkis
turquoise
lilla
purple
brun
brown
grå
gray
Connect lilla, brun, grå, and turkis to their swatches before mixing them with the core palette.
Level 5
Read the shade first, then the base color.
lyserød
light red
mørkerød
dark red
lyseblå
light blue
mørkeblå
dark blue
lysegrønn
light green
mørkegrønn
dark green
lysegrå
light gray
mørkegrå
dark gray
The first part gives the shade and the second part gives the color family: mørke + blå = mørkeblå, dark blue.
Examples
lyseblå
light blue
mørkeblå
dark blue
lysegrønn
light green
mørkegrønn
dark green