Modern Greek/Vocab Colours

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Vocab: The Colors / Τα Χρώματα

τα χρώματα
μαύρο black
άσπρο white
κόκκινο red
κίτρινο yellow
πράσινο green
γαλανό/γαλάζιο azure, light blue
μπλε (transliteration from french: bleu) blue
πορτοκαλί (from the fruit) orange
καφέ (from coffee) brown
μωβ/μοβ (transliteration) mauve
γκρι (transliteration from french: gris) grey

Examples:

Το λουλούδι είναι κόκκινο. The flower is red.
Τα λουλούδια είναι άσπρα. The flowers are white.

Since το χρώμα (the color) is a neuter noun, we use the neuter gender to refer to itself, although we use the masculine or feminine gender to refer to it as a characteristic of a masculine or feminine noun:

το μαύρο χρώμα
ο μαύρος σκύλος
η μαύρη γάτα
τα μαύρα μάτια

Foreign words like μπλέ do not change to show case or number:

το μπλε κασκόλ (french: cache-col) the blue scarf
τα μπλε κασκόλ (french: cache-col) the blue scarfs


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