French adjectives of simple colours agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
Adjectives of colours in French
Here is the full agreement table:
Masculine Singular | Feminine Singular | Masculine Plural | Feminine Plural | English |
rouge | rouge | rouges | rouges | red |
jaune | jaune | jaunes | jaunes | yellow |
rose | rose | roses | roses | pink |
bleu | bleue | bleus | bleues | blue |
vert | verte | verts | vertes | green |
gris | grise | gris | grises | grey |
noir | noire | noirs | noires | black |
violet | violette | violets | violettes | purple |
blanc | blanche | blancs | blanches | white |
brun | brune | bruns | brunes | dark brown |
orange | orange |
orange |
orange |
orange |
marron |
marron |
marron |
marron |
brown |
Note that colours ending in mute -e, such as jaune (yellow), rose (pink), rouge (red) and orange remain the same in the feminine.
ATTENTION:
Colours marron (brown/chestnut) and orange (orange) never change in any form, plural and/or feminine.
Case of brun
The colour brun is defined as a dark red going on black (Dictionnaire de l'Académie française).
In colloquial French, brun will mostly be used to describe hair, skin (as in tanned skin), or fur.
In other cases, we will use marron.
Here are examples to listen to:
See also Adjectives usually go AFTER nouns in French (Position of Adjectives)
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