Colors are ungradable adjective or gradable?

[sb70012]

Hello teachers,

Colors (black, white, yellow, green,.....etc) is gradable adjective or ungradable?

I searched it in the forum and I found some threads but they were not related to my question.

No source/Self made grammar question
Many thanks in advance.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello teachers,

Colors (black, white, yellow, green,.....etc) is gradable adjective or ungradable?

I searched it in the forum and I found some threads but they were not related to my question.

No source/Self made grammar question
Many thanks in advance.

What do you mean by "gradable"?

 

[sb70012]

I mean very red, very green, very blue... etc.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

I was very green when I started working at the newspaper.

 

[sb70012]

Can we also use it with "absolutely" or not? I mean "absolutely green"

 

[emsr2d2]

Can we also use it with "absolutely" or not? I mean "absolutely green"

Not if you want it to mean "more green than very green", no.

 

[5jj]

My lawn was very brown earlier in the year but, after the heavy rain we had this summer, it is the greenest I have ever seen it.

The more my father drank, the pinker/redder his face became.

So, yes, we have comparative and superlative forms of colours, and we can use 'very' with colours.