In English, colours are adjectives. They come before the noun: a red car, a blue bag. British spelling: colour. American spelling: color.
red
/red/
rojo/a
blue
/bluː/
azul
yellow
/ˈjel.əʊ/
amarillo/a
green
/ɡriːn/
verde
orange
/ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/
naranja
purple
/ˈpɜː.pəl/
morado/a
pink
/pɪŋk/
rosa
brown
/braʊn/
marrón
black
/blæk/
negro/a
white
/waɪt/
blanco/a
grey
/ɡreɪ/
gris
beige
/beɪʒ/
beige
Light & dark shades
light blue
/laɪt bluː/
azul claro
dark blue
/dɑːk bluː/
azul oscuro
light green
/laɪt ɡriːn/
verde claro
dark green
/dɑːk ɡriːn/
verde oscuro
Colour = adjective:
Colours don't change for gender in English: a red car, a red bag (NOT "roja"). They also don't change for plural: two red cars (NOT "reds").
Exercise — What colour?
Write the English colour.
1."amarillo" in English:
2."marrón" in English:
3."gris" in English:
4. In British English, how do you spell it?