español · A1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Everyday colors
Name what you see and make every color agree.
Understand the choice
Learn the eight colors that describe most everyday objects. Say each color with a real noun, because agreement is easier to remember as a pair than as an isolated label.
Core rule: Color adjectives normally follow the noun and agree with it in gender and number: rojo, roja, rojos, rojas.
Notice it in context
La taza roja está junto al plato azul.
The red cup is next to the blue plate.
Roja agrees with feminine taza; azul has the same singular form with masculine and feminine nouns.
Tengo una mochila negra y unos zapatos blancos.
I have a black backpack and white shoes.
Negra is feminine singular; blancos is masculine plural.
Las puertas verdes están abiertas.
The green doors are open.
Verdes adds -es for the plural and does not change for gender.
What to remember
- Many colors ending in -o change to -a with feminine nouns.
- Colors ending in another letter usually keep one gender form but still become plural.
Common trap: Do not leave a color in its dictionary form automatically: una camisa rojo is wrong; say una camisa roja.