Print a free 4×4 color memory card set where each card combines a color with its English name. The set contains 16 cards with eight identical color-and-name pairs.
You can play the current card set online first and then use the Print Memory Cards / PDF button to print or save the same set for offline play and learning.
Print Your Color and Name Memory Cards
Use the Print Memory Cards / PDF button below the game to open the printable version of the current memory set.
The printable sheet contains all 16 cards together with cutting guides. For a sturdier set, you can print the cards on heavier paper or cardstock.
- Open the printable card layout.
- Print the page or save it as a PDF.
- Cut out the 16 cards along the guides.
- Shuffle the cards.
- Place them face down on a table.
- Turn over two cards at a time and find the matching color-and-name pairs.
What’s Included?
- 16 printable memory cards
- 8 matching color-and-name pairs
- 4×4 card layout
- Colors shown together with their English names
- Cutting guides
- Online playable version
- Randomly selected card arrangements
How the Game Works
Each color-and-name combination appears exactly twice. The goal is to find the two cards that show the same color together with the same English color name.
For example, a card showing a blue color together with the word Blue must be matched with the second identical Blue card.
If the two selected cards match, the pair stays revealed. If they are different, both cards turn face down again.
Play Online Before Printing
You can play the complete memory game directly on this page before printing the cards.
The online version is also a convenient preview of the current printable set and lets you test the game immediately.
Learn Colors and Color Names Together
Because the color and its English name appear together on the same card, this version combines visual color recognition with written vocabulary.
Players repeatedly see combinations such as a green color with the word Green or a turquoise color with the word Turquoise.
This makes the cards suitable both as a classic memory game and as a simple learning activity for English color names.
Create Different Printable Card Sets
The page uses randomly selected patterns from our Colors + Names Memory collection. This means the position and selection of the pairs can vary between games.
Start another game or reload the page to get a different arrangement, then print the new version if you want another card set.
Ideas for Using the Printable Cards
- Classic face-down memory game
- Color recognition practice
- English color vocabulary practice
- Visual and word matching
- Individual learning
- Family game
- Classroom or small-group activity
Skills Practiced
- Color recognition
- English color vocabulary
- Visual memory
- Word recognition
- Concentration
- Matching identical information
More Printable Memory Games
You can also explore printable memory card sets with colors only, color-to-name matching, numbers, letters, shapes and shape names.
Some sets use identical pairs, while others combine related information such as a visual color with its corresponding word.