Basic Spanish Vocabulary: Colors in Spanish

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We may divide the colors in Spanish in three parts: those which are always feminine, those which can be either feminine or masculine and those which are neutral.

1) Spanish "feminine" Colors

naranja    (orange)

rosa      (pink)

lila   (lilac)

2) The following Spanish colors are neutral

verde   (green)

azul      (blue)

marrón (brown)

beige (beige)

gris (grey)

3) and for the following Spanish colors the masculine and feminine forms are different

(m) negro- (f) negra   (black)

(m) blanco-(f) blanca  (white)

(m) rojo - (f) roja    (red)

(m) amarillo - (f) amarilla (yellow)

That means for the third group of colors, the ending of the adjective will  change based on the article of the noun which it refers to. For example, let us say "red t-shirt" and "white pullover" in Spanish.

• t-shirt is (la) camiseta in Spanish. Because it is feminine, "red-tshirt" is said like camiseta roja. camiseta rojo is wrong!
• pullover is (el) jersey in Spanish. Because it is masculine, "white pullover" is said like "jersey blanco". jersey blanca is wrong!

Since the colors belonging to the first two groups do only have one version, similar descriptions are made like

• camiseta lila-jersey lila, camiseta verde-jersey verde, camiseta naranja-jersey naranja, camiseta azul-jersey azul .....(Hence it does not matter whether the noun is feminine or masculine, always the same form of adjective is used).