French vocabulary:
Colours.
The colours - les couleurs
Below is a list of colours vocabulary.
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Vocabulaire:
- argenté/argentée (pl: argentés/argentées) [EN: silver] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- beige (le) (pl: les beiges) [EN: beige] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- blanc/blanche (pl: blancs/blanches) [EN: white] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bleu/bleue (pl: bleus/bleues) [EN: blue] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bleu clair (pl: bleu clair) [EN: light blue] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bleu foncé (pl: bleu foncé) [EN: dark blue] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bleu marine (pl: bleu marine) [EN: navy blue] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bordeaux (pl: bordeaux) [EN: burgundy] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bronze (le) (pl: les bronzes) [EN: bronze] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- brun/brune (pl: bruns/brunes) [EN: dark brown] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- caramel (le) (pl: les caramels) [EN: caramel] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- châtain/châtaine (pl: châtains/châtaines) [EN: chestnut brown] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- chocolat (le) (pl: les chocolats) [EN: chocolate brown] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- crème (la) (pl: les crèmes) [EN: cream] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- doré/dorée (pl: dorés/dorées) [EN: golden] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- écru/écrue (pl: écrus/écrues) [EN: ecru / off-white] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- fuchsia (le) (pl: les fuchsias) [EN: fuchsia] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- grenat (le) (pl: les grenats) [EN: garnet / deep red] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- gris/grise (pl: gris/grises) [EN: grey] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- gris clair (pl: gris clair) [EN: light grey] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- gris foncé (pl: gris foncé) [EN: dark grey] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- jaune (le) (pl: les jaunes) [EN: yellow] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- jaune clair (pl: jaune clair) [EN: light yellow] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- jaune foncé (pl: jaune foncé) [EN: dark yellow] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- kaki (le) (pl: les kakis) [EN: khaki] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- lavande (la) (pl: les lavandes) [EN: lavender] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- lilas (le) (pl: les lilas) [EN: lilac] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- magenta (le) (pl: les magentas) [EN: magenta] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- marron (le) (pl: les marron) [EN: brown] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- mauve (le) (pl: les mauves) [EN: mauve] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- moutarde (la) (pl: les moutardes) [EN: mustard yellow] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- noir/noire (pl: noirs/noires) [EN: black] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- orange (l’, m) (pl: les oranges) [EN: orange] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- pêche (la) (pl: les pêches) [EN: peach] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- rose (le) (pl: les roses) [EN: pink] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- rose clair (pl: rose clair) [EN: light pink] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- rose foncé (pl: rose foncé) [EN: dark pink] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- rouge (le) (pl: les rouges) [EN: red] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- rouge clair (pl: rouge clair) [EN: light red] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- rouge foncé (pl: rouge foncé) [EN: dark red] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- saumon (le) (pl: les saumons) [EN: salmon] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- turquoise (le) (pl: les turquoises) [EN: turquoise] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- vert/verte (pl: verts/vertes) [EN: green] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- vert clair (pl: vert clair) [EN: light green] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- vert foncé (pl: vert foncé) [EN: dark green] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- violet/violette (pl: violets/violettes) [EN: purple] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- violet clair (pl: violet clair) [EN: light purple] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- violet foncé (pl: violet foncé) [EN: dark purple] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bicolore (pl: bicolores) [EN: two-coloured] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- multicolore (pl: multicolores) [EN: multicoloured] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]