Test your knowledge of French colors.
Testez vos connaissances des couleurs en français.
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Learn how to describe the colorful world around you in French.
Agreement: Colors go after the noun in French (e.g., une voiture rouge). They must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.
Invariable Colors: An important exception is that if a color is derived from a noun (like marron or orange), it never changes its spelling! So it's des chaussures marron, without an 's'.
| English | French |
|---|---|
| color | couleur |
| red | rouge |
| green | vert |
| blue | bleu |
| yellow | jaune |
| black | noir |
| white | blanc |
| gray | gris |
| orange (color) | orange |
| brown | marron |
| pink | rose |
| purple | violet |
| light blue / sky blue | bleu clair / bleu ciel |
| beige | beige |
| gold | or / doré |
| silver | argent / argenté |
| bronze | bronze |
| sky blue | bleu ciel |
| cream | crème |
| indigo | indigo |
| lilac | lilas |
| olive | olive |
| pearl | perle |
| sand-colored | sable |
| turquoise | turquoise |
| amaranth | amarante |
| orange (color) | orange |
| dark blue | bleu foncé |
| light blue | bleu clair |
| dark green | vert foncé |
| light green | vert clair |
| dark red | rouge foncé |
| light red / pinkish | rouge clair / rosé |
| dark gray | gris foncé |
| light gray | gris clair |
| pitch black | noir de jais |
| snow white | blanc comme neige |