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Colors in Italian

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨COLORS¨ in Italian

Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions !

Good learning ! :)

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Some words for Colors in Italian

Nos	ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	ITALIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
01	black	neh roh	nero	né ro	preto
02	white	byahn koh	bianco	bían ko	branco
03	red	roh soh	rosso	ró so	vermelho
04	blue	bloo	blu	bluu	azul
05	yellow	jah loh	giallo	djá lo	amarelo
06	green	vehr deh	verde	vér de	verde
07	brown	mah roh neh	marrone	mar ro ne	marron
08	beige	bay jeh	beige	bêi dje	bege
09	colorful	koh loh rah toh	colorato	ko lo ra to	colorido
10	gold	oh roh	oro	o ro	dourado
11	grey	grih joh	grigio	gri djo	cinza
12	purple	vyoh lah	viola	vi ó la	lilás
13	orange	ah rahn chah	arancia	a rán tcha	alaranjado
14	pink	roh sah	rosa	ró sa	rosa
15	silver	ahr jehn toh	argento	ar djén to	prata
16	purple	vyoh lah	viola	vi ó la	roxo

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The colors - I colori

Vocabulary

English	Italiano
black	nero/a
blue	blu
brown	marrone
gold	oro
green	verde
grey	grigio/a
orange	arancione
pink	rosa
purple	viola
red	rosso/a
silver	argento
yellow	giallo/a
white	bianco/a

How to use the colors and genders

In Italian language, objects have genders i.e either feminine or masculine. As we know, colors are adjectives (words that describe something). Adjectives in Italian MUST agree with the GENDER and NUMBER of the noun. You'll notice from the list of colors above that for colors that end in "o" there is also an option for an ending in "a" and this is dependent on the gender.

. Please Note: A few examples where the adjective agrees with number:

1. Black cats (masculine) - Gatti neri OR (feminine) Gatte nere
2. The pens are yellow - Le penne sono gialle
3. Our grey spoons - i nostri cucchiai grigi

A black cat / O gato preto

This sentence can be written in two different ways in Italian, depending on the gender of the cat (our noun).

1. A black cat - Un gatto nero (In this case, our cat is masculine hence "nero")

1. A black cat - Una gatta nera (In this case, the cat is female hence "nera")

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The pen is yellow / A caneta é amarela

A pen in Italian is feminine i.e "Penna". Therefore, its adjective which is the color "yellow" MUST agree with our noun "pen" which is feminine.

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The pen is yellow - La penna è gialla

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My grey spoon / Minha colher cinza

Spoon in Italian is masculine i.e "cucchiaio". Hence, the adjective must agree with the gender of the noun "spoon" and take a masculine form.

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My grey spoon - Il mio cucchiaio grigio

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