colours - nouns and adjectives

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Use of common colours: adjectives and nouns

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Common Spanish colours - adjectives:

• amarillo — yellow
• anaranjado — orange
• azul — blue
• blanco — white
• dorado — golden
• gris — gray
• marrón — brown
• negro — black
• morado — purple
• rojo — red
• rosado — pink
• verde — green

As the above are adjectives, they can be modified according to the subject they refer to (number and gender), e.g.:

Nunca me compro una falda negra. Nunca me compro faldas negras.

El sillón en mi salón es verde. Los sillones en mi salón son verdes.

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However, some colours in Spanish are used only as nouns.

Common Spanish colours - nouns:

• beige, beis — beige
• cereza — cherry-colored
• chocolate — chocolate-colored
• esmerelda — emerald
• grana — dark red
• humo — smoky
• lila — lilac
• malva — mauve
• mostaza — mustard-colored
• naranja — orange
• oro — gold
• paja — straw-colored
• rosa — pink
• turquesa — turquoise
• violeta — violet

In this case, their form remains always the same, not influenced by the noun's gender or number:

Nunca me compro una falda naranja. Nunca me compro faldas naranja.

El sillón en mi salón es rosa. Los sillones en mi salón son rosa.

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The following would hence be incorrect:

Nunca me compro faldas naranjas.

and

Los sillones en mi salón son rosas.