What Are The Basic Colors In Spanish?

The basic colors are Blue, Red and Yellow. In Spanish Blue is "azul", red is "rojo" and yellow is "amarillo".

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Here are  a few colors to help you pin down exact shades and hues.  Colors which change their endings to agree in gender and number have an (a) after them.
Aquamarine-[de color] verde mar (invariable)
Beige-beige, de color beige [pronounced "bays"](invariable)
Black-negro (a)
Blue-azul
Brown-marrón, [de color] café (invariable)
Chestnut, golden brown-castaño (a)
Copper-cobrizo (a)
Cream-[color de] crema (invariable)
Dun-pardo (a)
Emerald-[de color] esmeralda (invariable)
Golden, Gold-dorado (a), de oro (invariable)
Green-verde
Grey-gris
Navy Blue-azul marino (invariable)
Maroon-granate (inv.), de rojo oscuro (inv.), corinto (a) "purplish"
Olive Green-verde olivo
Orange-anaranjado (a)
Pink-rosado (a)
Purple-morado (a), púrpura (a poetic term)
Red, scarlet, crimson-rojo (a), escarlata/grana (inv.), carmesí (inv.)
Rose-[color de] rosa (invariable)
Sky Blue-celeste
Silvery, silver-plateado (a), de plata (invariable)
Tan-de color café claro (invariable)
Turquoise-turquesa (invariable)
Violet, lilac-violeta (invariable), lila (invariable)
White-blanco (a)
Yellow-amarillo (a)

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