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COLORS - LES COULEURS

Colors | Quiz

Learn the French words for colors.

masc sing. 

fem sing.

masc plural 

fem plural

purplevioletviolettevioletsviolettes
bluebleubleuebleusbleues
greenvertvertevertsvertes
yellowjaunejaunejaunesjaunes
orangeorangeorangeorangeorange
redrougerougerougesrouges
blacknoirnoirenoirsnoires
white blancblancheblancsblanches
greygrisgrisegrisgrises
brownmarronmarronmarronmarron
pinkroseroserosesroses
light blue  bleu clair bleu clairbleu clair  bleu clair  
dark bluebleu foncébleu foncé bleu foncébleu foncé

The plurals of French colors are pronounced exactly like the singular ones. The sound files include the pronunciation of the masculine singular/plural adjective followed by the feminine singular/plural adjective. If there is only one word pronounced, it is because that color is pronounced exactly the same whether it is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.

Note that using the modifiers light (clair) or dark (foncé) makes the color invariable - it does not change to agree in gender or number: une chemise vert clair - light green shirt

  

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