¿Y el color?

Here are a few colors to help you pin down exact shades and hues. Colors which change their endings to agree in gender and number have an (a) after them.

Aquamarine	[de color] verde mar (invariable)
Beige	beige, de color beige [pronounced "bays"](invariable)
Black	negro (a)
Blue	azul
Brown	marrón, [de color] café (invariable)
Chestnut, golden brown	castaño (a)
Copper	cobrizo (a)
Cream	[color de] crema (invariable)
Dun	pardo (a)
Emerald	[de color] esmeralda (invariable)
Golden, Gold	dorado (a), de oro (invariable)
Green	verde
Grey	gris
Navy Blue	azul marino (invariable)
Maroon	granate (inv.), de rojo oscuro (inv.), corinto (a) "purplish"
Olive Green	verde olivo
Orange	anaranjado (a)
Pink	rosado (a)
Purple	morado (a), púrpura (a poetic term)
Red, scarlet, crimson	rojo (a), escarlata/grana (inv.), carmesí (inv.)
Rose	[color de] rosa (invariable)
Sky Blue	celeste
Silvery, silver	plateado (a), de plata (invariable)
Tan	de color café claro (invariable)
Turquoise	turquesa (invariable)
Violet, lilac	violeta (invariable), lila (invariable)
White	blanco (a)
Yellow	amarillo (a)
Patterns, shades and hues:
Dark	oscuro (a)
Light	claro (a)
Plaid	cuadrado (a)
Striped	rayado (a), a rayas (inv.)
Has a Pattern (floral, abstract, image...)	estampado (a)
Polka-dot	de lunares (inv.)

Don't forget that colors need to agree in gender and/or in number with the nouns they are modifying!

El pelo es negro.	La camisa es negra.
Los pantalones son negros.	Las botas son negras.

Note: Colors which do not have gender changes are those colors ending in "e" or a consonant:

El cuaderno es verde.	La mochila es verde.
Los cuadernos son verdes.	Las mochilas son verdes.
El sombrero es azul.	La gorra es azul.
Los sombreros son azules.	Las gorras son azules.

Note: Colors which have neither gender changes nor plural forms (marked as invariable or inv.) include:

1) colors which are part of the phrase "de color ______" (which is sometimes omitted before the color)

2) colors which naturally end in a, such as turquesa and violeta

3) modified colors like azul marino, rojo oscuro or verde claro

Es un vestido [color] café.	La falda es [de color] café
Los zapatos son [color de] café.	Las botas son café.
El cielo es turquesa.	La camisa es de color verde olivo.
Los pantalones son violeta.	Las camisas son [de color] azul marino.

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