Les couleurs en français

The colors in French

About French colors Colors are adjectives. Like adjectives,

most colors agree with the nouns they modify.

French colors fall into three groups:1. Colors having four forms: masculine

and feminine, singular and plural.2. Colors having two forms: singular and

plural.3. Invariable colors have one form only.

Section 1

Colors having four forms

masculine singular masculine pluralfeminine singular feminine plural

bleu

Four forms

masculine singular: bleufeminine singular: bleuemasculine plural: bleusfeminine plural: bleues

noir

Four forms

masculine singular: noirfeminine singular: noiremasculine plural: noirsfeminine plural: noires

vert

Four forms

masculine singular: vertfeminine singular: vertemasculine plural: vertsfeminine plural: vertes

blanc

Four forms

masculine singular: blancfeminine singular: blanchemasculine plural: blancsfeminine plural: blanches

grisFour forms

masculine singular: grisfeminine singular: grisemasculine plural: grisfeminine plural: grises

violet

Four forms

masculine singular: violetfeminine singular: violettemasculine plural: violetsfeminine plural: violettes

vert

verte

verts

vertes

Review: section 1

Colors having four forms

noir

noire

noirs

noires

gris

grise

gris

grises

blanc

blanche

blancs

blanches

bleu

bleue

bleus

bleues

violet

violette

violets

violettes

Section 2

Colors having two forms:

singluar&

plural

rouge

Two forms

singular: rouge plural: rouges

rose

Two forms

singular: rose plural: roses

jaune

Two forms

singular: jaune plural: jaunes

rouge

rouges

Review: section 2

Colors having two forms

rose

roses

jaune

jaunes

Section 3

“INVARIABLE COLORS”

Colors having a single form

marron

A single form

orange

A single form

Review: section 3

Colors having a single form (invariable colors)

marron orange

FIN