Colour descriptions change according to gender and number (adjectives)

Hi Jiali,

if you use a color composed of two adjectives (such as in the example you give, or, e.g., bleu-clair, brun-foncé, etc.) neither of them changes. So you get off free!

Des chaussures bleu-vert. -- Blue-green shoes (no arguing about taste, please;).

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Hi Jiali,

Just to add to what Chris said, when a colour is followed by a noun or an adjective the same rule applies, but without the hyphen- 

e.g.

Des blousons bleu marine = Navy blue jackets

Des cheveux châtain clair = Light brown hair

Hope this helps!

Hi Peter,

Correct observation, "marron" is immutable. Those colors which effectively are the name of other objects don't change. "Orange" is another example. There is a dedicated lesson for this.

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Bonjour Adam ! Oops! Merci beaucoup ! J'ai maintenant corrigé cet exemple :) Bonne journée !

Sorry - the exception is the colour orange, not ‘les vêtements’.

Bonjour Stuart,

Here is an example from the lesson:

Elle a un sac orange et deux écharpes orange. --> She has an orange bag and two orange scarves.
As can be noticed in the example from the lesson Aurélie has given us, in plural phrases «orange» does NOT change form to agree in quantity, i.e. un sac orange and deux écharpes orange.

If one returns to the lesson and reviews the chart, the color «marron» is another case in point where the spelling does NOT change to agree in quantity. 

There are a number of exceptions to agreeing colors with the noun they refer to.
The most notable one is that colors with the names of real objects (as, e.g., orange, marron etc.) remain unchanged.

Therefore the exception lies not with vêtements but with orange. -- Chris.

Bonjour Stuart !

Colours orange and marron are indeed specific cases, which are explained in more detail in the following lesson: 

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/compound-colour-names-and-colour-names-derived-from-things-are-invariable

However, I do agree that this particularity needed to be highlighted more clearly in the lesson, and thanks to your feedback, I've now updated the lesson to make it clearer :)

Bonne journée !

Bonsoir Loren, The complete table is visible on my PC. Perhaps one of the IT team members for Kwiziq can weigh-in on this. Bonne chance.

Merci, Ron. Yes. I hope they will. Doesn't make much sense to have that table there unless it can be seen. Amicalement, Loren

Bonjour Loren, Could you please email us a screenshot and info about your device / browser? info@kwiziq.com

I am having the same problem. Also, I am using a laptop. I can send you a screen shot as well if need be

Bonjour Gio - Yes please, that would be very helpful.

Hi. I sent an email. Hopefully it helps.

Same issue over here.

Bonjour Jennifer ! Thanks for that question: I've now added an explanatory section on this aspect in the core lesson. Please have a look, and let me know if that's helpful! Merci et à bientôt !

'Brun' seems to be much more common than 'Marron' in Canadian usage.

Bonjour Radhika !

That's a good question!
It depends which rule you follow regarding adjectives:

- if you consider the adjectives one by one (longs/blonds), therefore you respect their established position: long is always before the noun, and blond after, hence Elle a de longs cheveux blonds.

- if you link these two adjectives with et (and), therefore the rule is to place them after the noun, hence Elle a les cheveux longs et blonds.

In French you can do either, as long as you stay coherent with the rules.

I hope that's helpful!