American Sign Language Colors

Place the "FIVE" hand in front of your mouth and wiggle the fingers as the hand moves away slowly.

All the illustrations have come from the book "The Joy of Signing" and I scanned them myself. So the light wording you see in the background of all the pictures is the back side of the page I scanned. They were the best illustrations I could get for you.

First let me tell you why these letters are grouped together this way.

These are the easiest of the Sign Language Colors and let me tell you why, they are all just they're initialed letters and you shake them.

Blue is the letter "B" shaken..........not stirred.... ha ha

Green is the letter "G" shaken

Yellow is the letter "Y" shaken

Purple is the letter "P" shaken

Draw the inside of the index finger down across the lips. If teaching a child tell him/her that their "lips are red" to help them remember.

Draw the middle finger of the "P" hand down across the lips. A lot of the ASL alphabet is used for colors too. The letter "P" is also used for the color purple.

Squeeze your fist in front of your chin once or twice just as if you were squeezing an orange under your chin.

You take your index finger and bring it back across your forehead as if you were wiping sweat away.

You put your hands in the shape of the "AND" sign (almost looks like a slightly open taco shape for those of you who know what a taco is) and you pull it away from the center of your chest while closing your hand slightly.

You take your "FIVE" hands in front of you, palms in and pass them back and forth through one another.

Draw the index-finger side of the "B" hand down the right cheek.

Draw the sign for "T" down your cheek.