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In this podcast we have real conversations in Easy English about everyday topics.
I'm Beth.
And I'm Neil.
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Hello, Neil.
That is a very bright shirt you're wearing today.
Is it new?
Yes, it is.
Thank you, if that is the right thing to say.
It is.
I like it.
Nice and red.
Yes, it's bright red, isn't it?
And we are talking about colours today.
We are indeed.
We're going to talk about our favourite colours and why we like them.
So, Beth...
What's your favourite colour?
My favourite colour is green, but not any shade of green.
I like a dark green.
I like a light green, but I don't like lime green.
And we call it lime green because it's that bright green colour of the fruit, the lime.
Yeah.
What about you?
Do you have a favourite colour?
Yeah.
Well, I'm a bit annoyed now.
Because your favourite colour is green too.
Exactly.
My favourite colour is also green.
And I like those kind of forest greens.
In fact, Beth, you and I have jumpers that are basically the same as each other.
So I've got a green jumper and you've got a green jumper.
Yeah.
And they're both knitted.
So they're quite thick.
And in the winter, we have to be careful not to wear them on the same day.
So, Neil, are there any other colours that suit you, that look good on you?
That's an interesting word.
If something suits you, it means that it looks good on you.
I think it depends on the other things you're wearing.
So, you know, any colour's okay as long as it goes along with the other colours.
Yeah, that's true, because sometimes if colours are maybe a bit too similar, they can clash.
That means that they look bad together.
Yeah, i always think orange and pink clash, but also we're probably unfashionable and those colors probably look quite good these days.
What about in your house?
Do you have painted walls and what color are they?
Yeah, so when we moved into our house about 11, 12 years ago, it was quite fashionable to have gray walls.
So there's lots of gray.
We did lots of gray painting, but now it looks a bit boring and some different, stronger colors um are better.
I think you need to get to the diy shop and start choosing some brighter colors maybe.
Yeah, i think a nice brightly colored room is quite makes you feel good.
Your office is very brightly colored, though.
My home office yeah yeah, i've got a green, of course, i've got a green office.
Yeah yeah, in my house quite a lot of the walls are pink, but only on one wall in a room.
So, for example, in my dining room, The main, the big wall, is pink, but the rest is more of a beige.
So that's a sort of light brown, cream yellow, but very, very light colour which is quite common in UK houses.
Yeah, it's a bit like grey because it's not a strong colour.
If you paint your room beige or grey, it probably won't clash with other things.
Exactly.
You can put a bright colour with a beige or a grey or neutral colour, we can call these.
And neutral colours are good because they go with anything else.
Let's recap the language we heard during the conversation.
We used some words to describe different colours, like bright.
So I said that Neil is wearing a bright red shirt.
In fact, it's so bright, it reminds me of a London bus or a telephone box.
And we heard suits.
If something suits you, it means it looks good on you.
For example, that green jumper really suits you, Beth.
And we had clash.
If colours clash, it means they don't look good together.
So, for example, some people think that orange and pink clash.
They don't look good together.
We heard the word beige, which is a colour which is very light brown, kind of yellow-brown, a bit like sand.
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