A young girl describes where she finds colors in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.

Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

See Maisy in her red coat and her white bathrobe, driving her green train, and sailing on the blue sea.

A little girl discovers all sorts of artistic possibilities when she has to go a day without crayons.

"Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait-how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream"--

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles. The train rolls along slowly at first, slowly enough to count the cars, to name their colors, and identify their functions, until it starts to pick up speed

Illustrations and rhyming text show dinosaurs learning the names of all the colors of the rainbow.

This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

A child buys different colored balloons to brighten the lives of others.