French Colors - Basic Color Vocabulary

What you'll learn

• The core French color words with their masculine and feminine forms
• Regular agreement like vert and verte, and the irregular blanc and blanche
• Invariable colors that come from nouns: orange and marron
• Shade and brightness words: clair, foncé, vif, doré, argenté, beige, turquoise
• The word la couleur and how color adjectives agree with the noun
• Correct pronunciation from native-speaker audio on every card

Preview the flashcards

A sample of the 20 cards in this set — each with pronunciation and English meaning.

rouge/ ROOZH /

Red. One form for both genders (m. and f. «rouge»).

bleu/ BLUH /

Blue (m.); f. «bleue».

vert/ VEHR /

Green (m.); f. «verte».

jaune/ ZHOHN /

Yellow. One form for both genders (m. and f. «jaune»).

noir/ NWAHR /

Black (m.); f. «noire».

blanc/ BLAHN /

White (m.); f. «blanche» (irregular feminine).

orange/ oh-RAHNZH /

Orange. Invariable — never changes for gender or number, because it comes from the fruit name.

rose/ ROHZ /

Pink. One form for both genders (m. and f. «rose»); it does take -s in the plural: «roses».

violet/ vee-oh-LEH /

Purple / violet (m.); f. «violette».

gris/ GREE /

Gray (m.); f. «grise».

marron/ mah-ROHN /

Brown. Invariable — never changes for gender or number, from «marron» meaning chestnut.

la couleur/ lah koo-LUHR /

Color (the general word). A feminine noun: «la couleur».

brun/ BRUHN /

Brown (m.); f. «brune». Often used for hair and a darker brown.

beige/ BEHZH /

Beige. One form for both genders (m. and f. «beige»).

turquoise/ tewr-KWAHZ /

Turquoise. Usually invariable; the same form for both genders.

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