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Bonjour ! 😎

In today's lesson you will learn some vocabulary about colors ("Les couleurs") in French.

This is an essential part of learning any language, as colors are used in a variety of contexts, from describing objects to expressing emotions. By the end of this lesson, you will have a solid understanding of some of the most common colors in French.

Happy learning! 😁

Primary and secondary colors[edit | edit source]

Les couleurs primaires et secondaires.

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The main colors[edit | edit source]

Voici les principales couleurs en Français :

Color French English Audio
Noir Black


Blanc White


Rouge Red


Vert Green


Bleu Blue


Jaune Yellow


Orange Orange


Gris Gray


Gris foncé Dark gray


Gris clair Light gray


Marron Brown


Violet Purple


Rose Pink


French expressions or idioms using Colors[edit | edit source]

Expressions françaises utilisant les couleurs:

Vert[edit | edit source]

Avoir la main verte[edit | edit source]

To be a good gardener

Être vert de jalousie[edit | edit source]

To be very jealous

En voir des vertes et des pas mûres[edit | edit source]

To see many unpleasant things

Se mettre au vert[edit | edit source]

To rest in the countryside

Donner le feu vert[edit | edit source]

to give the green light to someone

Se mettre au vert[edit | edit source]

to rest in the countryside

Être vert de rage[edit | edit source]

ĂȘtre trĂšs en colĂšre.

Bleu[edit | edit source]

Avoir le blues[edit | edit source]

To feel sad or down (literally, "to have the blues")

Avoir du sang bleu dans les veines[edit | edit source]

To be noble

Avoir une peur bleue[edit | edit source]

To be scared to death / To be scared stiff

Être fleur bleue[edit | edit source]

To be naive / To be sentimental

Être un cordon bleu[edit | edit source]

to be a good cook

Avoir une peur bleue[edit | edit source]

to be scared stiff

Blanc[edit | edit source]

Arme blanche[edit | edit source]

Any blade weapon (like a knife or a sword)

Manger son pain blanc[edit | edit source]

To be in a happy time

Montrer patte blanche[edit | edit source]

It means to show you're harmless/acting in good faith/not a threat. It doesn't mean to show credentials.

Une arme blanche[edit | edit source]

It means any blade weapon. The material (steel or not) isn't important.

Être blanc comme un linge[edit | edit source]

To be a white as a ghost

Blanc bonnet et bonnet blanc[edit | edit source]

the same thing

Être blanc comme un linge[edit | edit source]

to be as white as a ghost

Être connu comme le loup blanc[edit | edit source]

To be famous

Passer une nuit blanche[edit | edit source]

to spend a sleepless night

Donner carte blanche Ă  quelqu'un[edit | edit source]

to let someone do what they want

Être blanc comme neige[edit | edit source]

To be white as a sheet (to be very scared)

Dire/faire quelque chose de but en blanc[edit | edit source]

Dire/faire quelque chose sans préparation.

Noir[edit | edit source]

L'or noir[edit | edit source]

le pétrole

Travailler au noir[edit | edit source]

travailler sans payer de taxes, sans ĂȘtre dĂ©clarĂ©

Broyer du noir[edit | edit source]

penser à des choses négatives.

Manger son pain noir[edit | edit source]

To be in a unhappy time

Être la bĂȘte noire[edit | edit source]

to be the person that no one likes

Avoir des idées noires[edit | edit source]

to be sad

Être dans le noir[edit | edit source]

To be in the dark (to not know something)

Rouge[edit | edit source]

Devenir pourpre[edit | edit source]

to get red with embarassment

Fil rouge[edit | edit source]

the main idea

Tirer Ă  boulets rouges[edit | edit source]

To criticize violently

Être la lanterne rouge[edit | edit source]

To be the last

Devenir rouge comme une tomate[edit | edit source]

Turn red as a tomato

Être dans le rouge[edit | edit source]

avoir des difficultés financiÚres.

Être rouge de honte[edit | edit source]

To feel shame

Voir rouge[edit | edit source]

To see red (to be angry)

Rose[edit | edit source]

Voir des éléphants roses[edit | edit source]

To have hallucinations

Voir la vie en rose[edit | edit source]

To be optimistic, to see the good side of things.

Jaune[edit | edit source]

Rire jaune[edit | edit source]

Laughing against yourself (e.g. you're being laugh at and you "join" them)

Multicolor[edit | edit source]

En voir de toutes les couleurs[edit | edit source]

Having difficulties of all kinds


Quiz[edit | edit source]

Test your knowledge with this quick quiz:

What color is "jaune"?

a. Red

b. Yellow

c. Blue

What color is "noir"?

a. White

b. Black

c. Green

What does the idiom "voir rouge" mean?

a. To feel sad

b. To be angry

c. To not know something


Videos[edit | edit source]

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Sources[edit | edit source]

https://www.reddit.com/r/French/comments/q19o4y/french_vocabulary_les_couleurs/

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