brown in french brun or marron

THE COLOURS VOCABULARY French Marron : brown Brun : brown Kaki : kaki Magenta : magenta Bleu marine : navy blue Or : gold Roux : red 

are basic Particular attention is paid to the two possible French terms for brown ( marron and brun), and to beige 'beige', which may be emerging as an

23 oct 1978 · assertion that French has two basic terms for brown and, in doing so, will tic criteria and in the following analysis of brun and marron I will 

brun/marron brune/marron brown violet violette purple argent argent silver or or gold turquoise turquoise turquoise Sentence Practice: Quelle couleur est-ce 

I can recognise a colour in French when someone says it or I see it written down I can spell the colours in French correctly I can ask and answer questions in French about colours Also the colour brun can also be used for marron French 

the field of artists' colours, and the term magenta was introduced in 1860 in the occur in French and ojos marrones in Spanish, both meaning 'chestnut-coloured eyes' Maroon as century, and less common than brun well into the twentieth

Adjectival agreement and position Most adjectives in French come after the noun that they describe For example: Un chien brun - A dog brown (a brown dog)

Un chien brun - A dog brown (a brown dog) In French they change depending on if the noun that they are describing is masculine, feminine, singular or plural

bleu noir vert jaune violet rose rouge gris marron orange multicolore Page 3 Now, see how many colours you can remember and write the English word by Complete the table Note the 2 ways to say brown rouge rose bleu brun vert jaune