polski · A1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Colors
Describe familiar objects while matching adjective gender and number.
Understand the choice
Polish colors are adjectives, so they change with the thing described. Learn a masculine, feminine, and neuter object with each common color before adding plural patterns.
Core rule: Predicate adjectives agree with the noun: masculine -y/-i, feminine -a, neuter -e, plural forms vary.
Notice it in context
Rower jest czerwony, a torba jest niebieska.
The bicycle is red, and the bag is blue.
Czerwony agrees with masculine rower; niebieska agrees with feminine torba.
Samochód jest czarny, a drzwi są białe.
The car is black, and the doors are white.
Czarny is masculine singular; białe agrees with non-masculine-personal plural drzwi.
Zielony to mój ulubiony kolor.
Green is my favorite color.
Zielony appears as a masculine predicate noun-like color label after the omitted subject frame.
What to remember
- Brązowy includes ą; brazowy is misspelled.
- Kolor pomarańczowy follows normal adjective agreement.
Common trap: Do not leave the dictionary masculine form after a feminine noun: niebieska torba.