COLORS - LES COULEURS

Learn the French words for colors.

	masc sing.	fem sing.	masc plural	fem plural
purple	violet	violette	violets	violettes
blue	bleu	bleue	bleus	bleues
green	vert	verte	verts	vertes
yellow	jaune	jaune	jaunes	jaunes
orange	orange	orange	orange	orange
red	rouge	rouge	rouges	rouges
black	noir	noire	noirs	noires
white	blanc	blanche	blancs	blanches
grey	gris	grise	gris	grises
brown	marron	marron	marron	marron
pink	rose	rose	roses	roses
light blue	bleu clair	bleu clair	bleu clair	bleu clair
dark blue	bleu foncé	bleu foncé	bleu foncé	bleu foncé

The plurals of French colors are pronounced exactly like the singular ones. The sound files include the pronunciation of the masculine singular/plural adjective followed by the feminine singular/plural adjective. If there is only one word pronounced, it is because that color is pronounced exactly the same whether it is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.

Note that using the modifiers light (clair) or dark (foncé) makes the color invariable - it does not change to agree in gender or number: une chemise vert clair - light green shirt

Source:  http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_colors.htm