French Adjectives – Agreement in Colour Words
French colour words, like other adjectives, must change their forms depending on whether the nouns they are describing are masculine (le/un words) or feminine (la/une words) and singular or plural.
Eg. le crayon noir (the black pencil)
les crayons noirs (the black pencils)
la chaussure noire (the black shoe)
les chaussures noires (the black shoes)
| Masculine Singular | Masculine Plural | Feminine Singular | Feminine Plural |
| vert | verts | verte | vertes |
| noir | noirs | noire | noires |
| violet | violets | violette | violettes |
| brun | bruns | brune | brunes |
| gris | gris | grise | grises |
| bleu | bleus | bleue | bleues |
| blanc | blancs | blanche | blanches |
The colours below are the same whether they are masculine or feminine.
| Masculine Singular | Masculine Plural | Feminine Singular | Feminine Plural |
| rouge | rouges | rouge | rouges |
| jaune | jaunes | jaune | jaunes |
| rose | roses | rose | roses |
| orange | oranges | orange | oranges |
Can you translate the colours in the chart above?
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