Colors & Appearance in French

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in French. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

Contents

Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning French“.

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Colors

	English	French	Pronunciation (Audio)
	light / clear	lumière clair
	dark	sombre
	color	couleur
	colored	coloré
	white	blanc
	black	noir
	yellow	jaune
	orange	orange
	red	rouge
	pink	rose
	violet	violet
	blue	bleu
	green	vert
	brown	brun
	grey	gris

Appearance & attributes

	English	French	Pronunciation (Audio)
	new	nouveau
	old	vieux
	small	petit
	large / big	grand gros
	young	jeune
	kind / pleasant	genre agréable
	unkind / unpleasant	méchant désagréable
	patient	patient
	tall (When talking about people)	haut
	middle sized (When talking about people)	taille moyenne
	small (When talking about people)	petit
	fat	graisse
	thin / slim	mince
	nice / pretty	joli(e)
	beautiful	beau
	ugly	laid
	ill / sick	malade
	healthy	sain
	happy / cheerful	heureux joyeux
	sad	triste
	sporty	sportif
	ambitioned	ambitionnait
	intelligent	intelligent
	creative	créatif
	active	actif
	sentimental	sentimental
	rational	rationnel
	emotional	émotionnel
	natural	naturel
	romantic	romantique
	nice / amiable	sympathique
	spontaneous	spontané
	energetic	énergique
	stressed (out)	souligné (sur)
	relaxed	détendu
	frustrated	frustré
	talented	talentueux

Questions & phrases

	English	French	Pronunciation (Audio)
	What does he look like?	À quoi ressemble-t'il?
	What does she look like?	Que veut-elle ressembler?
	What is he like?	Comment est-il?
	What is she like?	Comment est-elle?

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