Nom:___________________ Colors are actually adjectives and in French you
Prenom:________________ need to change the adjective in
masculine/feminine or plural form
Classe:_________________ only depending on the noun that it´s describing.
For example if you want to say "White house," it´s
"La maison blanche." or in plural "Des maisons
blanches." To form a feminine form you add an -
e to the masculine form.
Colors in French and Examples:
English She has a dark purple dress. = Elle a une
robe violette foncée.
Below you will find a list of basic colors in French
language. To ask a color of some object you can The shirt is white. = La chemise est
use a expression "De quelle couleur s´agit- blanche.
il?", which means "What color is that?" or
"Quelle est cette couleur?" = "What color is
it?" Attention
Yellow Jaune There are two exceptions: purple in singular
Blue Bleu is violet, but in feminine form is violette,
and white in feminine singular is blanche.
Turquoise Turquoise
Green Vert
Orange Orange Exercise about translation of colors in
Purple Violet French
Brown Marron/brun (Attention to the gender of the adjectives
Pink Rose and plurar/singular).
Black Noir 1. La mer est ____________ = The sea is blue.
Grey Gris
White Blanc 2. Le sapin de Noël est______________ = The
Gold Doré
Christams tree is green.
Silver Argenté
Red Rouge
Examples: 3. Les oranges sont_______________ = Oranges are
orange.
Ivana and Mario have brown eyes. = Ivana et
Mario ont les yeux marrons.
Marija has blue eyes. = Marija a les yeux bleus. 4. Le soleil est__________________ = The sun is
yellow.
Dark and light
5. Les nuages sont______________ = Clouds are
If you want to accentuate that the color is light or
dark, in French we just put the word grey.
dark (foncé) or light (clair) in front of the color.
In the following list you can find some examples: 6. Les roses sont________________ = Roses are red.
dark blue bleu foncé 7. Voir la vie en________________ = See trought
light blue bleu clair rose-colored glasses.
dark orange orange foncé
light orange orange clair 8. Le drapeau français
dark purple violet foncé
est ___________, ____________, ____________= The
light purple violet clair
Examples: French flag is blue, white and red.
This sofa is light red. = Ce sofa est rouge clair. 9. Le café est______________ = Coffee is brown.
Her bag is dark green. = Son sac est vert foncé.
10. L'eau
Masculine and Feminine for colors in est______________ = Water is
French transparent.
Exercise II. De quelle couleur est-ce ?".
Identify the color in the article.
Complétez les paroles en choisissant un des possessifs
proposés.(Mon, ma, Mes, ton, ta, tes, son sa, ses
A. La petite fille
Au clair de la lune,
____ ami Pierrot
Prête-moi ____ plume
Pour écrire un mot
____ chandelle est morte
Je n'ai plus de feu
Ouvre-moi ___ porte
Pour l'amour de Dieu !
Ecercice III. Madame Lecris et(son/ sa/ses )mari
habitent à Lille. (le mari)
( Ton/ Ta /Tes) famille est là. (la famille)
Je ne connais pas (votre/notre/ vos)
enfants. (les enfants)
Elle travaille avec (mon/ ma / mes)
cousine. (la cousine)
Léon et ( son/ sa / ses) mère ont les yeux
bleus. (la mère)
