colors
The plural of "color" is colors.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and color follows this rule.
Meaning: red, blue, green and so on (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with colors: the colors are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: colors'.
How do you pronounce it?
color is pronounced /ˈkʌl.ə/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
In British English the word is spelled colour, with the plural colours.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- The rainbow has seven colors.Singular: The rainbow has one color.
- Bright colors make the room look bigger.Singular: A bright color makes the room look bigger.
