In English, colours are adjectives. They come before the noun: a red car, a blue bag. British spelling: colour. American spelling: color.
red
/red/
blue
/bluː/
yellow
/ˈjel.əʊ/
green
/ɡriːn/
orange
/ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/
purple
/ˈpɜː.pəl/
pink
/pɪŋk/
brown
/braʊn/
black
/blæk/
white
/waɪt/
grey
/ɡreɪ/
beige
/beɪʒ/
Light & dark shades
light blue
/laɪt bluː/
dark blue
/dɑːk bluː/
light green
/laɪt ɡriːn/
dark green
/dɑːk ɡriːn/
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.What colour is this?
2.What colour is this?
3.What colour is this?
4. In British English, how do you spell it?