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Beginner French · A1

Colors in French: rouge, bleu, vert and more

Name colors and describe things.

I can say what color things are.

Colors come after

In French, the color goes after the noun: une table bleue, a blue table.

Colors match like other describing words: un sac noir, une chaise noire, des chaises noires.

Colors that already end in -e don't change: rouge, jaune. Blanc becomes blanche.

une maison blanche
a white house
des chaises bleues
blue chairs

Useful words and phrases

rouge
red
bleu, bleue
blue
vert, verte
green
jaune
yellow
blanc, blanche
white
noir, noire
black

A new look

☕ Julien wants to redecorate the café

  1. Julien

    Je voudrais des tables neuves pour le café.

    I want new tables for the café.

  2. Sam

    De quelle couleur ?

    What color?

  3. Julien

    Bleues ou vertes. Qu'est-ce que tu aimes ?

    Blue or green. What do you like?

  4. Sam

    Bleues ! Avec des chaises blanches.

    Blue! With white chairs.

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