1. Eyes, Eyes, What do you See?
A Story about the Colors We See

2. What is color? Color is light from the Sun that we can see.
Visible waves of light make different colors.
The colors we see are just like the colors in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Note: Language of science concepts has been simplified for student understanding.

3. Rainbows are sunlight, spread out by water droplets, into colors.

4. Rainbows are a multi-colored arc, with red on the outside and violet on the inside. A rainbow spans a continuous range of colors. We generally talk about 7 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

5. Red
Venegas, A. (Photographer) (2010). Tropical flower. [Print].

6. Orange

7. Yellow

8. Green

9. Blue
                                           
Venegas, A. (Photographer) (2010). Bluebonnet. [Print].

10. Indigo
Indigo is not very common in nature. It can be mentioned to students, but is not a color that is expected to be remembered.
Fuentes, L. A. (Artist) (1922). Indigo bunting [Print]. Available from

11. Violet
                                           

12. Can you see objects in our classroom that are…
RED
ORANGE
BLUE
VIOLET
GREEN
YELLOW