colors adjectives

14 nov. 2017 08:41 - language-swap

Niveau intermédiaire plus

One French rule is very subtle: the agreement of the plural with the color adjectives.
In order to write good French, you must know these rules.
Let's see the rules together.

One word not coming from a noun
Agree
*Un manteau vert
*Des manteaux verts
*Une veste bleue
*Des vestes bleues

One word coming from a noun
Invariable
except for the colors:
châtain, écarlate, fauve, incarnat, mauve, pourpre, rose, vermeille, violet
*Des yeux noisette
*Des livres orange
*Une chevelure châtain
* Des chaussures roses

Colors from foreign language
Invariable
*Des vestes kaki
*Des cheveux auburn

Compounded color
Invariable
*Des perroquets bleu clair
*Des yeux vert

Several words united by “et”
Mostly invariable. Agrees only if the noun can be individualized
*Des chaussettes à pois bleu et vert
*Des gomettes rouges et jaunes