Les Couleurs
(If the French color is a “regular adjective”, it can be made plural by adding an “s” – see below for feminine/plural forms)
rouge(s)
orange*
jaune(s)
vert(e)(s)
bleu(e)(s)
violet(te)(s)
rose(s)
marron*
noir(e)(s)
gris(e)(s)
blanc(he)(s) (hard to see blanc(he)(s)
Like other regular adjectives, the colors go after the noun.
*Notez bien- orange and marron are invariable adjectives (meaning that they do not change- they are not changed in the feminine or plural)*
Apprenez (learn) Les Couleurs
Cette Couleur Est (practice spelling your colors)
Try this challenging “Il/Elle est comment” game with hair and eye color (un oeil (m.) / les yeux = eyes)
Coloriez les Papillons (Color the butterflies) – fun color practice
Apprenez – Les jeux avec les couleurs
Vocabulaire Supplémentaire: Looking to learn a few more colors and their rough pronunciation?
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Red | rouge (Roo-zh) |
| Orange | orange (Oh-rahnzh) |
| Yellow | jaune (zhawn) |
| Green | vert/verte (vehr/vehrt) |
| Blue | bleu/bleue (bluh) |
| Navy Blue | bleu marine (bluh mareen) |
| Purple | pourpre (poor-prh) violet/violette (vee-oh-leh/vee-oh-leht) |
| Pink | rose (rose) |
| Black | noir/noire (nwahr) |
| White | blanc/blanche (blahng/blahnsh) |
| Grey | gris/grise (gree/greez) |
| Brown | marron (mah-rohng) |
| Dark Brown | marron foncé (mah-rohng fon-say) |
| Silver | argent /argenté (ar-zhahn-tay) |
| Gold | or / doré (do-reh) |
| Light | clair (clare) |
| Dark | foncé (fon-say) |
Beige = beige Teal = sarcelle Magenta = magenta
When do I use brun and when do I use marron? For now, let’s just simplify and say that “marron” is most often used to describe eye color and “brun/e/s” describes hair specifically.