🇪🇸 Spanish for Beginners · Lesson 3 of 8
Numbers and colors
Numbers 0–20 and ten colors.
0–10
| 0 cero | 1 uno · 2 dos · 3 tres |
|---|---|
| 4 cuatro | 5 cinco · 6 seis · 7 siete |
| 8 ocho | 9 nueve · 10 diez |
11–20
| 11 once | 12 doce · 13 trece |
|---|---|
| 14 catorce | 15 quince |
| 16 dieciséis | 17 diecisiete · 18 dieciocho |
| 19 diecinueve | 20 veinte |
Colors
| rojo | red |
|---|---|
| azul | blue |
| amarillo | yellow |
| verde | green |
| negro / blanco | black / white |
| morado | purple |
| rosado | pink |
| anaranjado | orange |
| gris | gray |
| marrón / café | brown |
Color after the thing
In Spanish the color usually comes after the noun and matches it: un carro rojo (a red car), una casa roja (a red house), dos carros rojos. Colors ending in -o change to -a for feminine words and add -s for plural.
Tip
💡 Count in Spanish every time you climb stairs or set the table. Uno, dos, tres…
✏️ Practice: your turn
- Count from 0 to 20 out loud
- Say your phone number in Spanish digit by digit (just practice — don’t share it)
- Name the colors of 5 things around you
- Say: un carro rojo, una casa roja
🧠 Quick quiz
Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.
0 of 4 correct
All lessons in Spanish for Beginners
- 🗣️ 1. Pronunciation and lettersFive pure vowels, ñ, ll, j, silent h and rolled rr
- 👋 2. Hello, how are you?Greetings, introductions and ¿Cómo te llamas?
- 🔢 3. Numbers and colorsNumbers 0–20 and ten colors
- 👨👩👧 4. Family and peopleMom, dad, siblings, el and la, and plurals
- 🌮 5. Food, café and restaurantOrder, ask and get the check
- ⚖️ 6. ser, estar and tenerTwo ways to say “to be”, and “to have”
- ⏰ 7. Days, time and weather¿Qué hora es?, ¿Dónde está…? and question words
- 🧳 8. 50 travel phrases, and what’s nextThe phrases that save a trip, and how to keep learning