Key Phrases
Couleur
Color
Couleur claire
Light color
Couleur sombre
Dark color
Skills You'll Learn
Identifying colors in French
Identifier les couleurs en français
Describing shades
Décrire les nuances
Translating color vocabulary
Traduire le vocabulaire des couleurs
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Couleur
koo-lur
Color
Rouge
roozh
Red
Bleu
bluh
Blue
Jaune
zhawn
Yellow
💬 Final [e] is not pronounced here: [jaune] sounds like (zhohn), one syllable.
See breakdown →Vert
vehr
Green
💬 Final [t] is silent in [vert], so it sounds like (vair). Many French color words drop the last consonant like this.
See breakdown →Noir
nwah
Black
💬 Final [r] is pronounced in [noir], unlike many French final consonants. It sounds roughly like (nwahr).
See breakdown →Couleur claire
koo-lur klar kler
Light color
💬 French usually puts the describing word after the noun, so [couleur claire] is literally [color light]. You can reuse that pattern with [couleur sombre].
See breakdown →Couleur sombre
koo-lur sohmbr
Dark color
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