‘Violet’ does change?

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I’ve noticed that ‘violet’ changes with gender and number too, despite being named after a real thing, like orange and rose. Is this correct?

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Hi Richard,
Good question!
In fact, the flower is, 'la violette' in French -
Ma fleur préférée est la violette = My favourite flower is the violet 
But the colour 'violet' has a feminine and a masculine and a plural version.

J'aime le violet , j'ai un canapé violet , une table violette et des rideaux violets = I love the colour purple, I have a purple sofa, a purple table and purple curtains

Hope this helps!

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I still don’t understand why jupe which is fem does not have verte when the correct answer is vert’??

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I still don’t understand why jupe which is fem does not have verte when the correct answer is vert’??

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Hi Astrid, 
I cannot find this example in the lesson and it should be 'une jupe verte' so if you find this mistake please report it again.