250+ ‘Color’ Writing Prompts
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Abstract Analyzation
Write an essay about an abstract art piece, interpreting what you feel it represents.
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The Elements of Art
Choose an artwork and break down its elements – Line, Shape, Color, Texture, Space, Form, and Value.
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An Animal’s Superpower
Think about an animal’s unique ability or trait and describe it as a superpower.
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Through the Alphabet Colour Wheel
For each letter of the alphabet, choose a colour that begins with that letter and write about something representative of…
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Rainbow Food Festival
Describe a food festival where the items are colored like the rainbow. Spell everything correctly.
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Final Memory
Choose the last memory the ghost has before their death, what was the location they last saw, who were the…
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Facing the Monster
Write about your greatest fear. Describe it as if you’re taking inventory of it for the first time.
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Colors of Emotion
Assign a color to each of your current dominant emotions and describe why you chose each color.
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Breaking The Monotone
Depict a day in your life with depression as a painting. What colors would you use? What features would stand…
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Stress Sculpture
Visualize your stress and anxiety as a tangible object, describe its shape, size, color, etc.
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Palette of Emotions
Create a color palette for your emotions and explain why you chose each color for each specific emotion.
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Color Palette of Emotions
Choose different colors to represent your emotions and write about why you associate those particular hues with specific feelings.
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Emotions In Colour
Choose several colors that you connect with your depression. Then write why these specific colors represent your feelings.
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Coloring the Gray
Envision your negative thoughts as a color and define why you associate that particular color with them.
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Boxes of Buried Emotions
Picture your suppressed emotions as physical items stored in a box. Describe each one as you slowly take them out.
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Autumn Abundance
Write about something you’re grateful for with each changing color of the Autumn leaves.
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Masterpiece in Words
Pretend you’re a famous historian, analyzing a classic, monumental piece of artwork.
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Palette of Happiness
Describe your ‘Color of Fun’, connecting shades, tones, and hues with joyful emotions, events, and thoughts.
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The Color of Depression
Write about depression as if it were a color and describe various shades of it.
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Color of Calmness
Choose a color that symbolizes calmness to you. Write about why this color evokes a sense of peace and how…
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Shifting Perspectives
Imagine your anxiety as a physical entity, describe what it looks and feels like.
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Enveloped in Colors
Imagine your anxieties as colors. Gradually visualize these colors being dulled and replaced by soothing hues.
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“Silly Superheroes”
Write about a superhero with the most ridiculous, useless superpower you can think of.
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The Apparel Tells a Tale
Describe a piece of clothing that is significant to you and describe it in intricate detail.
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Color of Dusk
Write a story where an unlikely hero encounters the dark underbelly of their seemingly normal city.
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Divine Prisms of Color
Use the vivid colors in nature to draw inspiration for a lush, descriptive poem.
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Polychromatic Personification
Create a poem that personifies your favorite color and describes its journey through a day.
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Emotive Imagery
Compose a free verse poem centered around an emotion using primarily color and nature imagery.
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Vanishing Act
Imagine waking up one day and all the color has vanished. Describe how the world looks and feels without color.
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The Museum of Imaginary Art
Describe a visit to a museum where all the exhibits are pieces of art from your imagination.
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Childhood Home Discourse
Describe your childhood home as a character in your life story, allowing it to have its own personality and influence.
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Colorful Chronicles
Choose a color and write about your day as if everything around you was tinted in this hue.