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