Los colores del arcoíris (The Colors of the Rainbow)

Learning Objectives Identify and say the seven colors of the rainbow in Spanish. Understand that colors are adjectives (adjetivos) that describe nouns. Correctly place color adjectives after the noun in a simple phrase. Change the ending of certain color adjectives to match feminine nouns (e.g., rojo -> roja). Recognize color adjectives that do not change for gender (e.g., verde, azul). Form simple sentences to describe the color of a familiar object, like a food item. Have you ever seen a beautiful rainbow after it rains? 🌈 Let's learn how to name all its amazing colors in Spanish! In this lesson, we will learn the Spanish words for the colors of the rainbow. We will discover that colors are special describing words called 'adjetivos' and learn the rules...

TermDefinitionExample AdjetivoA word that describes a noun (a person, place, or thing). Colors are adjetivos.In 'la casa roja' (the red house), 'roja' is the adjetivo. RojoThe color red.El corazón es rojo. (The heart is red.) NaranjaThe color orange. This word is the same for the color and the fruit!La zanahoria es naranja. (The carrot is orange.) AmarilloThe color yellow.El sol es amarillo. (The sun is yellow.) VerdeThe color green.La hoja es verde. (The leaf is green.) AzulThe color blue.El cielo es azul. (The sky is blue.) VioletaThe color violet or purple.La flor es violeta. (The flower is violet.)

Rule 1: Adjective Placement Noun + Adjective In Spanish, the describing word (adjetivo) almost always comes AFTER the thing it is describing (the noun). Think 'car red' instead of 'red car'. Rule 2: Gender Agreement If the noun is feminine (uses 'la'), change the adjective's '-o' ending to an '-a'. Adjectives must match the noun they describe. For colors ending in '-o' like 'rojo' or 'amarillo', you must change the ending to '-a' if the noun is feminine. Colors that end in '-e' or a consonant (like 'verde' or 'azul') do not change.