The Spanish names for…
Colours and shades.
2
Minutes
(easy peasy!)
About this class
A quick-and-easy class teaching you the Spanish names for common colours. Audio files are included as always on Hablarama, so you’ll get to hear the correct pronunciation too.
Article contents
The main colours / colors in Spanish
Audio player included after the images!
Listen to the correct pronunciation…
Colour shades
Grading colours by tone
Audio
Spanish colours infographic
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A little bit of grammar
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The position of the colors/colours
Colours act like adjectives, so in Spanish they should come AFTER the noun which they are describing.
- Un coche rojo
A red car - Un submarino amarillo
A yellow submarine
Plurals
If you are talking about several things with the same colour, you’ll need to use plural forms:
- Me compré unas manzanas verdes.
I bought some green apples.
Feminine and masculine forms
Some of the colours have male and female forms:
- rojo -> roja
- amarillo -> amarilla
Por ejemplo:
- una tarjeta amarilla
a yellow card - Una falda roja
A red skirt
Some famous Spanish expressions featuring colours
El submarino amarillo
The nickname of the Villareal football (soccer) team, who play in an all-yellow kit.
La roja
The nickname for the Spanish national football team. They play in – you guessed it – a red kit. Why is the feminine form used? Because in Spanish, the word ‘selección’ is used to describe a national team in any sport, and the word is feminine. For more Spanish soccer-related phrases take a look at How to say I hate Sergio Ramos..and other football phrases.
Un viejo verde
A derogatory term for an older man who habitually makes advances to much younger women.
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