Colors in French
These twelve colors cover most everyday description. In French the color follows the noun, and several change their spelling in the feminine.
The basic colors
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rouge
roozh
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red
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orange
o-RONZH
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orange
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jaune
zhohn
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yellow
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vert
vehr
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green
verte, said VEHRT, in the feminine
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bleu
bluh
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blue
bleue in the feminine, pronounced the same
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violet
vyoh-LEH
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purple
violette in the feminine
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rose
rohz
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pink
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marron
ma-RON
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brown
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noir
nwar
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black
noire in the feminine, pronounced the same
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blanc
blon
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white
blanche, said BLONSH, in the feminine
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gris
gree
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grey
grise, said GREEZ, in the feminine
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turquoise
tuur-KWAHZ
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turquoise
Lighter and darker
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bleu clair
bluh KLEHR
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light blue
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bleu foncé
bluh fon-SAY
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dark blue
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vert clair
vehr KLEHR
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light green
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rouge foncé
roozh fon-SAY
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dark red
Which colors change, and which never do
The color goes after the noun: une voiture rouge, a red car, never une rouge voiture.
Most colors add an e for a feminine noun and an s for a plural: vert, verte, verts, vertes. A few are irregular, and blanc becoming blanche is the one worth memorising.
Colors already ending in e, like rouge, jaune and rose, only add s in the plural.
Marron and orange never change at all, because they are really a chestnut and a fruit: des chaussures marron.
- une maison blanchea white house
- les yeux vertsgreen eyes
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