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color

nounCEFR A1High frequency

What does “color” mean in English?

  1. colour

Example sentences

  • ¿De qué color es tu casa?

    What colour is your house?

  • Mi color favorito es el azul.

    My favourite colour is blue.

  • El cuadro tiene muchos colores.

    The painting has many colours.

How to use it

Color means 'colour' (the concept itself). Masculine noun: el color, los colores. Used in phrases like de color [X] to soften a colour adjective ('it's [X]-coloured').

Common mistake

Color is masculine: el color, not 'la color'. Spell it without the British -our: color, not colour.

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