Методическая разработка "Этапы работы с текстом на уроках английского языка"

English it is spelt “color” (without the “u”)

your answers with a partner.

1. What are the primary colours?
2.

What do you get if you mix...
i) …red + yellow?
ii) …yellow + blue?
iii) …blue + red?
3. What's the name given to the colours that are formed in question two?
4. What are the following complementary colours?
i) Red’s complementary colour is…
ii) Blue’s complementary colour is…
iii) Yellow’s complementary colour is…

your answer with a partner.
Then, read the article once

to compare your ideas.

red

green

blue

yellow

purple

pink

black

white

orange

brown

can affect our mood, influence us subconsciously and even help

us change our minds about things. But what do the different colours mean?

to make people hungry, which is why so many restaurants

use it in their logos. Tabloid newspapers and celebrity magazines also use red on their front covers to make the stories seem more exciting.
Companies with red in their logos include McDonald's, Burger King, The Sun, and Hello.

the easiest for our eyes to process, so it tends

to relax us. This is why many hospitals are green, and why guests who are about to appear on a TV programme wait in the “green room”.
Companies with green in their logos include Aston Martin, Starbucks, Rolex and Carlsberg.

colour, which is why business people often wear blue suits

to important meetings, and why so many banks are blue.
Companies with blue in their logos include Facebook, Barclays, Myspace, Twitter, Skype and PayPal.

It’s also said to make people concentrate more, which is

why it’s a common colour for notepads and textbooks.
Companies with yellow in their logos include Ferrari, Caterpillar, Yellow Pages and JCB.

you often see it in beauty products. Purple is also

associated with spirituality and the paranormal.
Companies with purple in their logos include the Sci Fi Channel (Syfy), Reiki,Yahoo and FedEx.

are often painted in pink to calm down aggressive inmates.

And sports ground dressing rooms for opposing teams are often painted in pink to make the players less competitive.
Companies with pink in their logos include Barbie, BreastCancer.org and Cosmopolitan.

in fashion because it makes people appear thinner. It’s also

an exclusive, high-class colour. However, black out!ts can also make the wearer seem “evil” (just think of Dracula and Darth Vader).
Companies with black in their logos include Hugo Boss, the BBC, Adidas and Chanel.

light, neutral colour that goes with just about everything. Brides

wear white to symbolise innocence and purity, while the white uniforms worn by medical staff imply hygiene and cleanliness.
Companies with white in their logos include Apple and Nintendo.

nothing remotely calm about this colour.
Companies with orange in

their logos include easyJet, Jazztel and Orange.

natural or organic things.
Companies with brown in their logos

include UPS, the Forest Hills Coffee Company and Hershey’s.

of a colour next to each sentence.

1. It’s a

cheerful bright colour.
2. It can make you look thinner.
3. Many hospitals are painted this colour.
4. These colours can calm people down.
5. This colour is often associated with natural things.
6. This colour goes with just about everything.

the adjectives in brackets.

1. It was the ____________________ (good)

film I’d ever seen.
2. That was the ____________________ (bad) meal I’ve ever eaten.
3. He’s the _____________________(funny) person I know.
4. She’s the _____________________(intelligent) person in this company.

different colours can affect you? How?
3. What colours do you

like to wear? Why?