Colores

Intentio:
•To learn colours in Latin
•To understand when
colours agree with nouns
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ruber green
caeruleus blue
flavus yellow
viridis white

luteus pink
roseus grey

niger black
albus orange
canus brown
fuscus red
 Match the colours to the meaning
masc fem neuter
ruber, -bra, -brum green
caeruleus, -a, -um blue
flavus, -a, -um yellow
viridis, -is, -e white

luteus, -a, -um pink

roseus, -a, -um grey

niger, -gra, -grum black

albus, -a, -um orange
canus, -a, -um brown
fuscus, -a, -um red
 Complete the table and the exercise : 1. Feminine for
blue =
Colour - caerula
masculine feminine neuter English
caerul us caerul a caerul um blue 2. masculine
for yellow =
flav us flav um yellow

lute us lute a 3. Neuter for

rose us white =

alb a white 4. Feminine for

can a grey pink =

fusc us dark / brown

5. Masculine for
virid is virid is virid e grey =
ni ger ni gra ni grum black
6. Neuter for
ru ber ru brum brown =

7. Feminine for
green =

8. Feminine for
red =
 Choose the correct agreement….
virdis
1. arbor (f) __________ est
luteum
2. arancium (n) _________ est
rubra
3. porta (f) ____________ est
flavus
4. sol (m) _____________ est
virdis
5. serpens (f) __________ est
flavum
6. citreum (n) __________ est
fuscus
7. nidus (m) __________ est
caerulea
8. piscina (f) __________ est
canus
9. mus (m) ____________ est
nigra
10. feles (f) ___________ est
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Minerva

Quo colore est ?

 Quo colore est ?
Tomata (f) _____ est
Ananasa (f) _____ et
__________ est

Caseus (m) _____ est Cafea _____ est

Mus (m) _____ est

Mare (n) _____ est
Nix (f) _____ est

Uvae (f) _____ sunt

Porcus (m) _____ est
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