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    Colour psychology – idioms

    1. What states, qualities or emotions do these colours represent? Complete


    the gaps to create nouns.

    2. Create adjectives from the words in ex. 1.


    …………………… ……………………
    …………………… ……………………
    …………………… ……………………
    …………………… ……………………
    3. Discuss the questions.
    • What is your favourite colour? Has it
    changed over the years?
    • Do you think colours affect your mood?
    • Do you think different cultures have
    different meanings of colours? Can you
    give any examples?
    • What industries use colours to influence
    us and how do they do that?

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    Colour psychology – idioms

    4. Match the words given below with the colours that represent them (max
    three to each colour). Then, watch a video [https://vimeo.com/169046276]
    and check your answers.
    • violence • calm • remoteness
    • warm • erotism • fantasy
    • feminity • passion • insecurity
    • innocence • sociability • immaturity
    • nature • sweetness • youthfulness
    • madness • destruction

    PINK –
    RED –
    ORANGE –
    YELLOW –
    GREEN –
    BLUE –
    PURPLE –

    5. Choose the correct colour in these sentences.


    a) He was caught yellow- / red-handed with the money in his bag as he was
    leaving the bank he’d just robbed.
    b) Stephen phoned me out of the blue / black, I haven't spoken to him in over
    three months! I didn’t expect that.
    c) They come to visit once in a blue / yellow moon. In my opinion, they should
    visit their parents more often.
    d) I was green / orange with envy when I realized they’d bought a new car.
    e) When she has the blues / greens, it’s difficult to cheer her up.
    f) I saw red / white when I heard his excuses! I started shouting and arguing
    with him.

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    Colour psychology – idioms

    6. Complete these sentences with the phrases in the box. Change the form if
    needed. In the brackets, you can find the meanings of these phrases.

    be green black out black sheep


    green finger in the red white lie

    a) At the end of each month, I am ……………………. I spend too much money and
    I have to ask my parents to help me out. (don’t have money)
    b) She was hit by a car, fell down and ……………………. We were trying to wake
    her up for a few minutes. (become unconscious)
    c) Even after the 2-month training that our company provides I …………………….
    (not experienced)
    d) When I was young, I was good at telling little ……………………. They never
    hurt anyone. (not telling truth)
    e) My mother spends all her free time in the garden. She has a …………………….
    (a talent for growing plants)
    f) Every family has a ……………………, for example an ungrateful daughter.
    (a member of a group who behaves badly)

    7. Write five Wh-questions using the idioms in ex. 6.


    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………

    8. Work in pairs. Ask each other the questions you made in ex. 7.

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