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Learn how to talk about colours in Spanish with these useful words and phrases.

Join Scottish pupils as they give Spanish a go!

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Colours are adjectives. They can help you describe things, such as clothes.

To say 'My favourite colour is…' use the phrase:

Mi color preferido es el… + the colour

Examples:

• Mi color preferido es el rojo - My favourite colour is red
• Mi color preferido es el negro - My favourite colour is black

To ask 'What is your favourite colour?' you can say:

¿Cuál es tu color preferido?

In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, as well as singular (when there is only one thing) or plural (when there is more than one of something).

This means an adjective (like a colour) needs to match the noun it is describing, and it does this by changing its spelling.

Here is a table of how colours change:

A lot of the colours follow the same pattern:

Masculine noun (singular)

The colour ends in o.

• un jersey rojo - a red jumper

Feminine noun (singular)

The colour ends in a.

• una falda roja - a red skirt

As well as an o or a, the colour has an s at the end:

Masculine (plural)

• dos jerseys rojos - two red jumpers

Feminine (plural)

• dos faldas rojas - two red skirts

You might have noticed that not all colours follow the patterns above. These are called 'irregular' adjectives.

Some colours only change spelling when they are plural, and a few don't change at all.

Examples:

azul only changes for plural

• un vestido azul - a blue dress
• una falda azul - a blue skirt
• unos zapatos azules - blue shoes

naranja never changes

• un vestido naranja - an orange dress
• una falda naranja - an orange skirt
• unos zapatos naranja - orange shoes