Colours
Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 3.4.1
Colours
This section will teach you about colours in Spanish.
Key vocab
- Rojo/roja - red.
- Blanco/blanca - white.
- Amarillo/ amarilla - yellow.
- Morado/morada - purple.
- Negro/negra - black.
- Verde - green.
- Azul - blue.
- Dorado/ dorada - gold.
- Marrón -brown.
- Gris - grey.
- Naranja - orange.
Colour agreement with nouns
- Most adjectives, including colours, agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.
- Adjectives always come after the noun they are describing.
- Eg. El gato negro (the black cat), la casa roja (the red house), las estrellas blancas (the white stars).
- However, neither pink, 'rosa', nor orange, 'naranja', change gender or ending.
Test yourself on Colours
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