Colors in Spanish

Colors must be some of the most frequently used Spanish vocabularies. They are used as nouns or adjectives. For example, the color red (noun) and the red car (adjective). And colors are used to express so many things every day.

So, learning colors in Spanish and using them in a sentence will make it sound more natural and enrich the meaning of your sentence. You will find a printable list of colors in Spanish that you can download towards the end.

Also, We will talk about the Spanish expressions that include color. Some of them are similar to those in English, but some are very different. It is very interesting to see how the same color has a totally different connotative meaning in Spanish.  Let’s dive in.

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What is the word Color in Spanish?

The word colors in Spanish is “Colores (plural) and Color (singular). You probably have noticed that the singular form is writing in the same way as in English, which makes it easier to remember. However, the pronunciation is a bit different. Be careful how you pronounce it, especially the letter O, so it doesn’t sound like the English word “color.”

What is your favorite color?

Before we dive into the names of colors in Spanish, here are a couple of common Spanish phrases you will definitely hear and use.

¿Cuál es tu color favorito?

What is your favorite color?

Mi color favorito es ________.

My favorite color is ________.

Oh, I stumbled across this beautiful quote that’s related to colors (a rainbow), so I wanted to share it with you. Hope you like it:)

Be A Rainbow In Somebody Else’s Cloud

Maya Angelou

Spanish Colors Vocabulary List

Now, here is a list of colors in Spanish in alphabetical order. So you can learn all about the colors of the rainbow (or most of them)!!

Side note: Rainbow in Spanish is “Arco iris” just in case you wondered:)

ENGLISH	SPANISH (Masculine / Feminine )
Black	Negro / Negra
Blue	Azul
Brown	Marrón (Spain), Café (Mexico)
Fuchsia	Fucsia
Gray	Gris
Green	Verde
Maroon	Granate
Mint Green	Menta
Navy blue	Azul Marino
Orange	Anaranjado / Anaranjada, Naranja
Pink	Rosado / Rosada, Rosa
Purple	Morado / Morada (Spain, Mexico), Púrpura (Mexico)
Red	Rojo / Roja
Turquoise	Turquesa
Violet	Violeta
White	Blanco / Blanca
Yellow	Amarillo / Amarilla
Dark	Oscuro / Oscura (e.g. Azul Oscuro for dark blue)
Light	Claro / Clara (e.g. Azul Claro for light blue)
Gold	Dorado / Dorada
Silver	Plateado / Plateada

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Spanish Expressions with Colors

Much like English, Spanish also has many expressions that use colors, although meanings can be a bit different.

Blue:

Principe azul
Prince charming

A blue prince is your prince charming in Spanish.

So you can say…

Me encontré a mi príncipe azul.
I found my prince charming.

Sangre azul
Blue blood, royal blood, pure blood, or rich noble family.

La Reina de Inglaterra es de sangre azul.
The Queen of England has royal blood.

Green:

Un viejo verde
A dirty old man

Estar verde
To be green as an inexperienced in something

Estás verde para hacer ese trabajo.
You are too green (inexperienced) to do that job.

Poner verde a alguien
To criticize someone, to talk badly about someone (Spain).

Como no limpié mi cuarto, mi hermana me puso verde delante de mi madre.
As I didn’t clean my room, my sister talked badly about me in front of my mom.

Ponerse verde de envidia
To turn green with envy

Cuando mi amigo vio mi coche nuevo, se puso verde de envidia.
When my friend saw my new car, he turned green with envy.

Estar verde de envidia
To be green with envy

Mi hermana está verde de envidia.
My sister is green with envy.

Red:

Ponerse rojo como un tomate
To blush / to turn red with embarrassment

Me pongo rojo como un tomate cuando tengo que hablar en público.
I turn red (like a tomato) when I have to speak in public.

Orange:

Media naranja
Better half / Significant other

Pink:

Ver todo color de rosa
To look/see at everything through rose-colored glasses (optimistic)

La prensa rosa
Gossip press

Purple:

Ponerse morado
To overeat, to stuff one’s self with food

José se ha puesto morado de hamburguesas porque le encantan.
Jose stuffed himself with hamburgers because he loves them.

Ponerle un ojo morado a alguien
To give someone a black eye

Juan golpeo a su hermano y le puso un ojo morado.
Juan hit his brother and gave him a black eye.

White:

Quedarse en blanco
One’s mind goes blank

Me quedé en blanco en un examen.
My mind went blank during an exam.

Ponerse blanco
To get scared

Oí un ruido en la noche y me puse blanco.
I heard a noise at night and I got scared.

Pasar la noche en blanco
Sleepless night

Me pasé la noche en blanco.
I couldn’t sleep all night.

Estar sin blanca
To have no money

No puedo ir a la fiesta porque estoy sin blanca.
I can’t go to the party because I don’t have any money.

Black:

Dinero negro
Dirty money

Estar negro
To be angry

Mi padre está negro porque no saque buenas notas.
My Dad is angry because I didn’t get good grades.

Ponerse negro
To get angry

No quiero hablar más de ese asunto, porque me pongo negro.
I don’t want to talk about this matter anymore because I get angry.

Verlo todo negro
To see everything negatively (pessimist)

Brown:

Comerse un marrón
To do an unpleasant task, to take the blame for someone else

Pasar un marrón
To pass a problem / unpleasant task onto someone else.

Caerle un marrón
To get stuck with having to do an unpleasant task

To Wrap up the Vocabulary for Spanish Colors

You might be wondering “How do you make colors plural in Spanish?” You can just add an “s” or “es” to the end of the word depending on how the word ends. If the color word ends in a vowel, it’s very simple. You will just tack on an “s” at the end. For example, los tomates rojos – the red tomatoes.

If the color word ends in a consonant, you will add an “es” at the end of the word. One of the examples would be los ojos azules – the blue eyes. You can tell when to use the s or es fairly intuitively if you try to pronounce it. Because it would be pretty difficult to pronounce “azuls” so you would know that azul takes “es” and becomes azules.

Also, one more thing to note, as you can see in the table above, some color words are neutral and do not have different forms for masculine and feminine words like blue – azul, gray – gris, and green – verde.

Now you know how to say different colors in Spanish. So you can add these words to your sentences and make them more lively!

Happy Spanish-ing!

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