Italian/Vocabulary/Colors

In Italian, some color adjectives are invariable, meaning they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they modify. This is usually for colors that are also the names of objects of that color. For example, "viola" (purple) is also the word for the flower, so it does not change when used as an adjective.

Quella casa è viola.

That house is purple.

English	Italian	Color	Variable/Invariable	Listen
The color	Il colore
White	Bianco		Variable
Black	Nero		Variable
Red	Rosso		Variable
Pink	Rosa		Invariable
Yellow	Giallo		Variable
Blue	Blu		Invariable
Light blue	Azzurro		Variable
Sky blue	Celeste		Variable
Turquoise	Turchese		Variable
Navy blue	Blu marino		Invariable
Green	Verde		Variable
Purple	Viola		Invariable
Orange	Arancione		Variable
Brown	Marrone		Variable
Grey	Grigio		Variable
Silver	Argento, Argentato		Invariable (Argento), Variable (Argentato)
Gold	Oro, Dorato		Invariable (Oro), Variable (Dorato)
Light	Chiaro		Variable
Dark	Scuro		Variable
Bright	Luminoso, Brillante		Variable
Phosphorescent	Fosforescente		Variable
Intense	Intenso		Variable
Cyan	Ciano		Invariable
Indigo	Indaco		Invariable
Violet	Violetto		Variable
Magenta	Magenta		Invariable
Beige	Beige		Invariable
Olive	Oliva		Invariable
Teal	Turchese Scuro		Variable
Lime	Lime		Invariable