Here are a few colors to help you pin
down exact shades and hues. Colors which change their endings to
agree in gender and number have an (a) after them.
Don't forget that colors are adjectives and so need to agree
in gender and/or in number with the nouns they are modifying!
| El pelo es negro. |
La camisa es negra. |
| Los pantalones son negros. |
Las botas son negras. |
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Note: Colors which do not have gender changes are those colors ending in"e" or a consonant:
| El cuaderno es verde. |
La mochila es verde. |
| Los cuadernos son verdes. |
Las mochilas son verdes. |
| El sombrero es azul. |
La gorra es azul. |
| Los sombreros son azules. |
Las gorras son azules. |
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Note: Colors
which have neither gender changes nor plural forms (marked as invariable or inv.) include:
| 1) colors which are part of the phrase "de color ______" or "color de ______"(which is sometimes omitted before the color) |
| 2) colors which naturally end in a,
such as turquesa and violeta |
| 3) modified colors like azul marino, rojo
oscuro or verde claro |
| Es un vestido [color] café. |
La falda es [de color] café |
| Los zapatos son [color de] café. |
Las botas son café. |
| El cielo es turquesa. |
La camisa es de color verde olivo. |
| Los pantalones son violeta. |
Las camisas son [de color] azul marino. |
| Aquamarine |
[de color] verde
mar (invariable) |
| Beige |
beige, de color beige [pronounced "bays"](invariable) |
| Black |
negro (a) |
| Blue |
azul |
| Brown |
marrón,
[de color] café (invariable) |
| Chestnut, golden brown |
castaño (a) |
| Copper |
cobrizo (a) |
| Cream |
[color de] crema (invariable) |
| Dun |
pardo (a) |
| Emerald |
[de color] esmeralda (invariable) |
| Golden, Gold |
dorado (a), de oro (invariable) |
| Green |
verde |
| Grey |
gris |
| Navy Blue |
azul marino (invariable) |
| Maroon |
granate (inv.),
de rojo oscuro (inv.), corinto (a) "purplish" |
| Olive Green |
verde olivo |
| Orange |
anaranjado (a) |
| Periwinkle |
Violeta claro (inv.) |
| Pink |
rosado (a) |
| Purple |
morado (a), púrpura
(a poetic term) |
| Red, scarlet, crimson, vermillion |
rojo (a); escarlata/grana (inv.); carmesí
(inv.); bermellón / rojo vivo |
| Rose |
[color de] rosa (invariable) |
| Sky Blue |
celeste |
| Silvery, silver |
plateado (a), de plata (invariable) |
| Tan |
de color café claro (invariable) |
| Turquoise |
turquesa (invariable) |
| Violet, lilac |
violeta (invariable), lila (invariable) |
| White |
blanco (a) |
| Yellow |
amarillo (a) |
Patterns, shades and hues: |
| Dark |
oscuro (a) |
| Light |
claro (a) |
| Plaid |
cuadrado (a) |
| Striped |
rayado (a), a rayas (inv.) |
| Has a Pattern (floral, abstract, image...) |
estampado (a) |
| Polka-dot |
de lunares (inv.) |
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