SPANISH COLORS

Why do Spanish students must learn Spanish colors? When the lights are off at night, everything looks gray or black. You can see color when there is light. You can see color at home, at schools, and outside. Everywhere you look, objects have color. It encourage people to wonder themselves: What is Color? , and a brief definition would be: all manifestations of color are created when electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths in the visible spectrum interact with physical matter. In simple words, color is a specific visual sensation produced by visible radiation, or “color stimulus”.
Look around you, everything has color. This is the main reason why Spanish students must learn the name of Spanish colors in order to be able to describe the objects. Colors are adjectives, and there is a large list of different colors. These new Spanish words will help you structure complex sentences and improve your Spanish pronunciation and other language skills. Spanish colors are an essential part to handle Spanish as one’s second or foreign language.
Colors in Spanish
Reds (Rojos) AlizarinAlizarina AmaranthAmaranto VermilionBermellón BurgundyBorgoña CrimsonCarmesí CarmineCarmín ScarletEscarlata GarnetGranate RedRojo American roseRosa Americana Oranges (Naranjas) ApricotAlbaricoque Amber (sae / ece)Ámbar (SAE/ECE) BeigeBeige CoralCoral OrangeNaranja SkinPiel SalmonSalmón SesameSesamo Browns (Marrones) BistroBistre CinereousCinereous TaupeGris Pardo Seal brownMarrón Foca BrownMarrón o Pardo OcherOcre Half BrownPardo medio Pale BrownPardo pálido SienaSiena Yellows (Amarillos) YellowAmarillo LemonLimón GoldenDorado AmberÁmbar Greens (Verdes) Ao englishAo Inglés HarlequinArlequín EmeraldEsmeralda AsparagusEspárrago FeldgrauFeldgrau JadeJade KakiKaki GreenVerde Hunter greenVerde Cazador Kelly greenVerde Kelly Lime greenVerde Lima Apple greenVerde Manzana Green OliveVerde oliva Veronese greenVerde Veronés XanaduXanadu Clear blues (Azules Claros) AquamarineAguamarina Sky-blueCeleste Cerulean or sky-blueCerúleo o Azul Cielo CyanCian TurquoiseTurquesa | Dark blues (Azules Oscuros) BlueAzul Cobalt BlueAzul cobalto Air Force BlueAzul de fuerza aérea Prussian blueAzul de Prusia Navy blueAzul marino AzureAzur GlaucousGlauco SapphireZafiro Violets (Violetas) IndigoAñil o Indigo Old pinkFucsia Antiguo Lavender FloralLavanda floral PurplePúrpura Tyrian purplePúrpura de Tiro Quartz roseRosa Cuarzo VioletVioleta Pinks (Rosas) Old bronceBronce Antiguo FuchsiaFucsia LavenderLavanda LilacLila MagentaMagenta MallowMalva PurpleMorado PinkRosa Pale sienaSiena Pálido Whites (Blancos) KernelAlmendra Alicia blueAzul Alicia BeigeBeige WhiteBlanco Antique whiteBlanco Antiguo EggshellCáscara de huevo SeashellConcha de mar CreamCrema BoneHueso MagnoliaMagnolia IvoryMarfil SnowNieve PearlPerla VanillaVainilla Blacks (Negros) BlackNegro Grays (Grises) ArsenicArsénico CharcoalCarbón vegetal CinderCeniza GrayGris Battleship gray / battleshipGris Acorazado / Nave de batalla Cadet grayGris Cadete Davy grayGris de Davy Cool greyGris Fresco Slate grayGris Pizarra LiverHígado SilverPlateado PlatinumPlatino |
Spanish Colors Pronunciation
Yellow | Orange | Aquamarine | Blue | Navy blue | White | Dark brown |
Amarillo | Anaranjado | Aguamarina | Azul | Azul marino | Blanco | Café |
Light blue | Golden | Gray | Brown | Purple | Black | Silver |
Celeste | Dorado | Gris | Marrón | Morado | Negro | Plateado |
Red | Pink | Turquoise | Green | Light green | Violet | Sapphire |
Rojo | Rosado | Turquesa | Verde | Verde claro | Violeta | Zafiro |
Notes about Spanish Colors
- Orange color can be called either “Naranja” or “Anaranjado”.
- If you want to refer to a strong color, you can use the word “oscuro” after the color. For example:Verde oscuro — Dark greenRojo oscuro —Dark red
- If you want to refer to a color with a low shade, you must use the word “claro”, except for the color blue, since the way to say “light blue” or “sky blue” in Spanish language is: “Celeste”.Verde claro — Light green
- We have listed some other colors which derive from flowers, fruit or minerals like: naranja (fruit), café (coffee), marrón (chesnut), rosa (rose), esmeralda (esmerald), jade (jade), zafiro (sapphire), aguamarina (aquamarine), ocre (ochre), albaricoque (apricot), vainilla (vanilla), marfil (ivory).
There are few things you must remember whenever you use colors in Spanish, for example:
1. Usually, the name of the color comes after the noun it describes. For example:
2. In the case of the color describes an inherent quality it comes before. For example:
3. Spanish color adjectives, often change the gender to the noun of they describe. If the noun is masculine the color ends in “o”, and if the noun is feminine the color word should to ended in “a”. For example:
4. When the color ends in “o” or “a” and the noun becomes plural, also the color word change, adding an “s”. For example:
5. For these colors: azul, marrón and gris, add “es” with plural nouns.
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