Adjectives of Color
I put the title of this post as adjectives of color, but really it could fit for any adjectives. If you were to be describing a noun that was two different colors, how would you say both? My best guess is that you would write them behind noun as usual and put an 'and' in between them, as shown in these two examples. Is this correct?
- El gato blanco y negro. (The black and white cat)
- Las flores son rojas y rosas. (The flowers are red and pink.)
Also, when you use adjectives of color sometimes they have more than one word that means that color. Pink has both rosa and rosada; brown has marrón, cáfe, moreno, etc. Are these just different ways to say the color or are they different shades of that color?
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This example seems to agree with the way you were making your sentences.
El gato blanco y negro. (The black and white cat)
La flores son roja y rosa. (The flowers are red and pink.)
I agree with the first sentence.
However, for the second sentence, I think it would be "Las flores son rojas y rosas".
El gato blanco y negro. (The black and white cat)
Correct.
La flores son roja y rosa. (The flowers are red and pink.)
The adjective should agree with the noun it modifies in number as well as gender. Also, I would say "rosadas" for pink in this case because "rosa" is also the name of a flower.
Las flores son rojas y rosadas.
You don't need to say "both", with the noun "y" is sufficient. Your sentence is OK 
.
The same examples:
El gato blanco y negro.
Las rosas son rojas y rosadas. (see the color are in plural, because you say The roses, not the rose)
More complexes examples:
El gato es blanco, negro, cafe, azul y verde. (a martian cat 
).
El gato es azul, gordo y huele mal. (Doraemon)
Observe, I don´t use a coma before "y".
About the color, they are just different form to say the same color (rosa, rosada; marrón, café). The most common in my country is "rosada" and "café".
