Colours

What is your favourite colour?

# Questions

• What is your favourite colour?
• Are there any colours you dislike (Why?)
• Are colours important to you?
• Were colours important to you when you were a child?
• When you are buying something, is the colour important to you?

# Vocabulary

Colours

• stability
  • the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast
• energetic
  • possessing or exerting or displaying energy
• represent
  • take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
• confidence
  • freedom from doubt
• suitable
  • meant or adapted for an occasion or use
• mysterious
  • of an obscure nature
• highlight
  • move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
• intelligence
  • the ability to comprehend

# Answers

Here are some model answers!

• What is your favourite colour?
  • My favourite colour is blue; for me it is the colour of depth and stability. Blue symbolises wisdom, confidence and intelligence. I don't like the pink because it is too girly.
• Are there any colours you dislike (Why?)
  • I suppose so. You know, different colours convey different meaning to people. Red represents passion and enthusiasm while green can be energetic. So I always choose the most suitable colours for things.
• Are colours important to you?
  • Well, yes, I have several blue clothes when I wear them I tend to feel calmer and more tranquil. I believe that blue is always a fashionable choice for a man’s outfit.
• Were colours important to you when you were a child?
  • If I had to choose between the two, I'll probably go with dark colours because I believe dark colours represent stability and wisdom, for example I would always choose a dark outfit for my office to highlight my professionalism, whereas light suits are more suitable for the younger generation.
• When you are buying something, is the colour important to you?
  • Yes, there are many colours that have a special meaning in my country such as black, which is mysterious. Red means good luck and good fortune in China, when it is New Year, people like to wear red clothes, set red firecrackers off and give red packets of pocket money to children.

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