Learn the names of different colours in French, including shades of colour.
| Il est de quelle couleur? | What colour is it? (referring to a masculine object) |
| Elle est de quelle couleur? | What colour is it? (referring to a feminine object) |
 blanc / blanche | white |
 jaune | yellow |
 orange (indeclinable) | orange |
 rose | pink |
 rouge | red |
 marron (indeclinable) | brown |
 vert / verte | green |
 bleu / bleue | blue |
 violet / violette | purple |
 gris / grise | grey |
 noir / noire | black |
 argenté or gris métallisé | silver |
 doré | gold |
| multicolore | multicoloured |
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Shades of colour
Note that compound colours such as the ones below do not decline in French, eg:
| la maison vert clair | the light green house |
 vert clair | light green |
 marron clair | light brown |
 bleu clair | light blue |
 vert foncé | dark green |
 marron foncé | dark brown |
 bleu foncé | dark blue |
 vert vif | bright green |
 rouge vif | bright red |
 bleu vif | bright blue |
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Sound is available for all the French vocabulary on this page — simply click on any word to hear it.
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