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Learn how to speak colours in Brazilian Portuguese with this article!
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In the image above you can see some of the main colors in Portuguese. Did you already know them all? If you learned any new ones, tell me in the comments!
Depending on the sentence, the name of the color used may vary.
There are some simple rules that help us when using colors in a sentence in Portuguese.
Let’s learn what they are!
In Portuguese, adjectives come after nouns.
Look at the examples below:
And they can vary in number and gender:
See some colors that vary in gender:
For example, I can say:
But be careful: not all colors vary in gender. See these examples:
There is an infinite variety of colors. And one way that colors can vary is in their tone. In this case we use the words “claro“(light) or “escuro“(dark).
Let’s look at some examples:
To say that something has a bit of a tone of a color we use the suffix “ado“:
If something has the color of gold or silver we say it is “dourado“(golden) or “prateado“(silver):
When something has many colors we say it is “colorido“(colorful):
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