A1 Level – Elementary
1. What is your favorite color?
2. What is a bright red?
3. Do you like dark rooms?
4. What is a happy feeling?
5. Do you wear colorful clothes?
6. What is a light blue sky?
7. Do you think colors affect your mood?
8. What is a clean white?
9. Do you think black is a color?
10. What is a rainbow?
11. Do you notice colors quickly?
12. What is a simple drawing?
13. Do you like colored lights?
14. What are three primary colors?
15. Do you think colors are important?
“Colors & Shades” – functional ESL lesson plan for A2 students
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between a primary and a secondary color?
2. Why are stop signs always red?
3. What are the good things and bad things about painting a room a very dark color?
4. How can a person use colors to look better?
5. Should all food be naturally colored without additives?
6. Why is it important for artists to understand color theory?
7. Do you think colors have the same meaning in all cultures?
8. What is the purpose of camouflage colors in nature?
9. How does technology (screens) affect the perception of color?
10. What is the difference between warm and cool colors?
11. Do you think color blindness is a serious issue?
12. What are the problems when advertising uses misleading colors?
13. When is the best time to choose colors for a new website?
14. What are two colors that symbolize peace?
15. How does the color of food affect how much you eat?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely discussing someone’s choice of interior design colors?
2. How does the fashion industry influence the popularity of certain colors each season?
3. Should the government ban companies from using certain colors to manipulate buying choices?
4. What is the difference between color as a tool and color as an expression of emotion?
5. Do you believe that the perception of color is entirely subjective?
6. What are the challenges of reproducing a specific color accurately on different materials?
7. How does the focus on trendy colors affect the timelessness of clothing?
8. What is the idea of “color psychology”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some people judge others based on the colors they wear?
10. How does a lack of natural light affect the perception of colors in a room?
11. What are the steps for properly creating a color palette for an art project?
12. What is the value of using bright, bold colors in public spaces?
13. Should public media highlight the cultural significance of traditional colors?
14. What are the reasons why some people wear only neutral colors?
15. How does the history of dye production affect modern environmental practices?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to avoid wearing colors that clash?
2. What are the moral problems when companies use artificial colors in food to make it look healthier?
3. How does constant social media showing of highly filtered images affect the perception of real colors?
4. Should lighting companies be legally required to disclose the color spectrum of their bulbs?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of confronting an intense, overwhelming color.
6. Who is responsible for promoting the use of natural, environmentally friendly dyes?
7. What is your view on the practice of using colors to suggest a certain gender?
8. Evaluate the role of color experts in setting global fashion and design trends.
9. How does the concept of “synesthesia” (mixing senses) relate to color perception?
10. Discuss the concept of a “color wheel” and its practical application.
11. What are the problems with having very different names for the same color in different languages?
12. What are the legal differences between general color preference and color used as a trademark?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of colors is mainly communication (signals, mood)?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that people with color blindness can easily distinguish important signals?
15. How does the use of colors in political flags affect national identity?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the most vibrant colors are often the most expensive to produce naturally?
2. What is the right way to think about a designer’s moral duty to consider the psychological impact of colors?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of colorful images that become viral?
4. When should the government consider mandatory limits on the use of highly artificial food colorings?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about using colors to manipulate crowd behavior in public spaces?
6. How does the focus on quick, bright colors affect the long-term, necessary investment in durable natural pigments?
7. Discuss the impact of major corporate branding on the public association of colors with specific products.
8. How should leaders use knowledge about color psychology to design better healthcare environments?
9. What is the idea of “chromotherapy” and its scientific validity?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when the collective understanding of color symbolism declines?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a color choice was intended to infringe on a trademark?
12. How does the search for total aesthetic pleasure conflict with the ethical need for environmental protection (dye runoff)?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the preservation of the diversity of natural colors?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from a color trend created by low-wage labor?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of natural color required in children’s toys?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s objective visual perception of color and their subjective emotional response?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate all artificial colorings from food and beverages?
3. How does the concept of “reality” change when visual content is constantly edited and filtered?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use algorithms to target advertisements based on color preference?
5. How do historical views of sumptuary laws (controlling who can wear what color) affect modern fashion rules?
6. How can communities maintain their unique visual culture when global brands impose standardized color palettes?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to control color use and allow total artistic freedom.
8. What protection should laws give to artists who report corporate theft of their unique color combinations?
9. How can we stop the problem of using the argument of “aesthetic appeal” to excuse the use of harmful dyes?
10. What did old thinkers say about beauty, light, and the moral use of visual art that is still relevant today?
11. What will happen to the need for human artists if AI can perfectly generate and customize all color schemes?
12. How do people use the idea of “creative license” to avoid discussing the ethical footprint of their materials?
13. How does the experience of a major vision change (e.g., aging) improve a person’s appreciation for simple visual cues?
14. What is the power of a collective movement to demand that all companies shift to environmentally safe pigments?
15. If scientists could create a perfect, universal, language-independent system for color communication, how would that fundamentally change human art?
