Spanish Colors Vocabulary Exercise 1

Spanish colours and agreement — rojo/a (red), azul (blue — invariable), verde (green — invariable), amarillo/a (yellow), negro/a (black), blanco/a (white), gris (grey — invariable), naranja (orange — invariable), morado/a (purple), marrón (brown — invariable). Invariable colours don't change for gender or number.

Agreement rules for colours — Colours ending in -o change: un coche rojo / una casa roja / coches rojos / casas rojas. Invariable colours stay the same: una camisa azul / unos zapatos azul. In the plural, invariable colours may add -es: azules, verdes. Naranja and marrón are an exception and stay the same even in plural: coches naranja.

Colours in everyday use — ¿De qué color es? (What colour is it?). La casa de mis sueños es blanca (My dream house is white). Llevo una camiseta verde (I'm wearing a green T-shirt). El semáforo está en rojo (The traffic light is red). Me encanta el azul marino (I love navy blue — compound colour names stay invariable).