Colors in Spanish

Colours come up everywhere — shopping, describing things, giving directions ("the blue door"). The Spanish words are easy, and the only real thing to learn is that colours, like other Spanish adjectives, change to match the noun.

The everyday colors

The one rule: colours agree

Colours come after the noun and change to match it:

• Colours ending in -o have four forms: un coche rojo, una casa roja, coches rojos, casas rojas.
• Colours ending in another letter (azul, verde, gris, marrón) only change for plural: ojos azules, casas verdes.
• A few never change at all — naranja and rosa stay the same: zapatos naranja.

Handy color phrases

• ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? — What's your favourite colour?
• Mi color favorito es el azul. — My favourite colour is blue.
• ¿De qué color es? — What colour is it?

Make them stick by saying them

Colours and their agreement settle in through use. Navoq has you describe real things out loud — clothes, objects, what you'd like to buy — with pronunciation feedback, so the right ending starts coming automatically.