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title: "Free Colours word search with answer key"
description: "A free printable colours word search for children. Find red, blue, green and 13 more colours on a 15 by 15 grid, with an answer key. No sign-up needed."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/colours"
---

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Free printable

# Colours word search

The world is painted in every colour you can imagine. The shades children know best, along with a few they might not, are hidden in the grid. A bright and simple challenge for younger readers.

PuzzleDesign

Puzzle title

Words (one per line, or comma separated)RED BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE PURPLE PINK BROWN BLACK WHITE GREY VIOLET MAROON TURQUOISE MAGENTA CRIMSON

Difficulty

EasyMediumHard

Easy hides words across and down; Hard adds diagonals, backwards words and heavier camouflage.

Grid size

Smaller grids print larger.

Answers

Loop wordsShade letters

How the answer key marks each hidden word.

Theme

ClassicBoldSoftShadedNavyIndigoSkyTealEmeraldForestPlumBerryCrimsonEmberAmberCocoa

**Customise colours**

Letters

Frame

Found-word mark

Page background

Style

StandardClean

Clean drops the page-number footer.

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

Two pages: the puzzle and its answer key. Loop each hidden word or shade its letters, the answer page updates as you choose.

## Want the whole book?

This makes one puzzle. Sign up to turn your words into a full word search book for Amazon KDP: hundreds of puzzles at any trim, as print-ready PDFs. We carry your words straight into the studio.

[Build the full book](https://app.oncebooks.com/publisher-studio/wordsearch/edit?from=wordsearch&v=2&s=eyJ0aXRsZSI6IkNvbG91cnMgV29yZCBTZWFyY2giLCJ3b3JkcyI6WyJSRUQiLCJCTFVFIiwiR1JFRU4iLCJZRUxMT1ciLCJPUkFOR0UiLCJQVVJQTEUiLCJQSU5LIiwiQlJPV04iLCJCTEFDSyIsIldISVRFIiwiR1JFWSIsIlZJT0xFVCIsIk1BUk9PTiIsIlRVUlFVT0lTRSIsIk1BR0VOVEEiLCJDUklNU09OIl0sImNvbG9yVGhlbWUiOnsidGhlbWVJZCI6ImNsYXNzaWMiLCJvdmVycmlkZXMiOnt9fX0)

Free to build · pay once to export

Preview

The puzzle and its answer key, as they print.

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- ## Colours Word Search

  Colours Word Search · Find all 16 hidden words

  TURQUOISE

  ORANGE

  BLUE

  CRIMSON

  YELLOW

  PINK

  MAGENTA

  GREEN

  GREY

  MAROON

  BLACK

  RED

  VIOLET

  WHITE

  PURPLE

  BROWN

  1

  Puzzle
- ## Colours Word Search · Answers

  Colours Word Search · Find all 16 hidden words

  TURQUOISE

  ORANGE

  BLUE

  CRIMSON

  YELLOW

  PINK

  MAGENTA

  GREEN

  GREY

  MAROON

  BLACK

  RED

  VIOLET

  WHITE

  PURPLE

  BROWN

  2

  Answer key

Generate puzzlePrint / save PDF

## Words to find in this colours word search

These 16 words are hidden in the grid above, and they print alongside the puzzle so solvers know what to look for.

- Red
- Blue
- Green
- Yellow
- Orange
- Purple
- Pink
- Brown
- Black
- White
- Grey
- Violet
- Maroon
- Turquoise
- Magenta
- Crimson

## Making a whole colours book?

This page makes one colours puzzle. To publish a themed book on Amazon KDP, the [KDP word-search maker](https://www.oncebooks.com/kdp-word-search-maker) generates hundreds of puzzles at any trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF. Generate once, export unlimited sizes.

## More word search themes

- [Animals](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/animals)
- [Ocean Animals](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/ocean-animals)
- [Space](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/space)
- [Dinosaurs](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/dinosaurs)
- [Birds](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/birds)
- [Insects](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search/insects)

[See every word search theme](https://www.oncebooks.com/word-search)

## Questions

**Is this colours word search free to print?**

Yes. Generate the colours puzzle above, with its 16 hidden words and an answer key, and print it at no cost and with no sign-up. It is free for classroom, home and personal use.

**Can I change the colours word list?**

Yes. The generator is pre-filled with a themed list, but you can edit the words or the title and generate a fresh grid. It runs entirely in your browser.

**Can I make a colours word search book to sell on KDP?**

Yes. The free tool makes one puzzle. Publisher Studio generates hundreds of puzzles at any KDP trim, as a print-ready 300 DPI interior and answer-key PDF, so you can publish a themed book.