Colours in Spanish - gender and number (adjectives)

Most colours in Spanish are regular adjectives that agree in gender and number with the noun they accompany. Here is a table showing regular and irregular colour adjectives in Spanish:

Colours in Spanish

As you can see, there are adjectives that follow the regular rule for endings using  -o/-as/-os/-as (rojo, amarillo, negro, blanco, morado). There are also adjectives where the singular masculine form ends in -e or a consonant, and it keeps the same form in the feminine singular (verde, azul, gris, marrón) and both gender plurals end with -es (not -os/-as). 

There are also colours that reference a fruit (naranja) or a flower (rosa, violeta) which have just one form that ends in -a for all masculine, feminine, singular and plural, although it is also correct to use the ending -as for both masculine and feminine plurals. 

Here are some examples:

When we refer to "the colour ..." we always use the name of the colour in its masculine singular form, for example:

We can also use the colour as a noun, always in its masculine singular form:

See also lessons on adjective agreement depending on their ending (regular and irregular):

• Forming the singular masculine and feminine of regular adjectives in Spanish
• Forming regular plural masculine and feminine adjectives in Spanish
• Forming the plural of masculine and feminine adjectives ending in -e and -a in Spanish
• Forming the singular of masculine and feminine adjectives ending in -z and -l
• Forming the plural of masculine and feminine Spanish adjectives ending in -z and -l
• Forming the singular and plural of adjectives ending in -án, ón, -or