Hello, if "la perruque" is female, why its "noir" and not "noire"?
Une perruque noir de jais
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Une perruque noir de jais
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Lexi, this is a fixed, invariable adjectival expression "noir de jais". As for other compound colour names and (most) colour names derived from things, it does not take gender agreement with the noun.
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/jet%20black
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/d'un%20noir%20de%20jais
Compound colour names and colour names derived from things are invariable (French Colour Adjectives)
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