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Colours
Colours
Warm-Up
Warm-Up
Match the following.
1. It is a large white-coloured body of ice and snow. Mars
2. This is known as the red planet. Ocean
3. It is a huge blue-coloured body of salt water. Sun
4. It is a hot star of the solar system. Glacier
What is pink? A rose is pink
By the fountain’s brink.
What is red? A poppy’s red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? The sky is blue
Where the clouds float through.
What is white? A swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? Pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? The grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? Clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!
— Christina Rossetti
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