Clothing and Colors in Spanish

Clothing and Colors in Spanish

How to use colors to describe clothing.

Colors are adjectives.

• Adjectives describe a noun.

• An example of how we use colors to describe clothing is: a red shirt.

In English the color adjective comes before the noun. (example: blue hat).

In Spanish the color adjective comes after the noun. (example: gorro azul).

In Spanish, the color adjective must agree with the noun.

This means that if the noun ends in an "o", the color adjective must end in an "o" as well. If the noun ends in an "a", the color adjective must end in an "a".

El vestido blanco

La bufanda roja

Colors that end in a letter "o" can be changed to an "a" ending if the noun ends in an a. Here are a list of the colors that can be changed: rojo, anaranjado, amarillo, morado, rosado, negro, blanco.

• rojo=roja

• anaranjado=anaranjada

• amarillo=amarilla

• morado=morada

• rosado=rosada

• negro=negra

• blanco=blanca

Some colors do not change. These colors are: verde, azul, café, gris. These colors do not end in an '"o".

• example: El vestido gris

• example: El gorro azul

• example: la falda verde

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La bufanda verde

Verde does not change even though bufanda ends in an "a".

La chaqueta gris

Gris does not change even though chaqueta ends in a letter "a".

Fill in the Blanks

Let's try some examples here!

Write in the correct ending to the color is missing. Write in the correct ending to the color.

La chaqueta negr_.

Fill in the Blanks

El vestido rosad_

Fill in the Blanks

La falda amarill_

Great Job! Now let's learn some more!

If a noun is plural (meaning there is more than one...example: shoes, shirts, pants), our adjective must be plural too! We do this by adding an "s" at the end.

• las camisas blancas (the white shirts)

• los pantalones verdes (the green pants)

• los zapatos negros (the black shoes)

Los zapatos rojos

Las botas anaranjadas

Fill in the Blanks

Let's try some examples! Fill in the missing ending to the color.

Los zapatos morado_

Fill in the Blanks

Las botas negra_

Great job! Now let's do a quiz to see what we learned!

Multiple Choice

El gorro ________

• rojo

• roja

Multiple Choice

La falda ________

• morado

• morada

Multiple Choice

La falda _________

• azul

• azula

Multiple Choice

El vestido ________

• verdo

• verde

Multiple Choice

Los zapatos _______

• negro

• negros

Multiple Choice

El zapato _______

• blanco

• blanca

Multiple Choice

La corbata _______

• azul

• azula

Multiple Choice

The yellow jacket

• La chaqueta amarilla

• Las chaquetas amarillas

Multiple Choice

The orange pants

• Los pantalones anaranjado

• Los pantalones anaranjados

Multiple Choice

The grey scarf

• La bufanda gris

• La bufanda grisa

Multiple Choice

The red tie

• La corbata rojo

• La corbata roja

Multiple Choice

The white socks

• Los calcetines blanco

• Los calcetines blancos