Comparative forms of colors

[Jasmine_Jafari]

I found the comparative form of some colors like redder, bluer, whiter in the dictionary. But for some colors like pink and gold, there wasn't a comparagive form in front of them. Don't they have a comparative form?

 

[emsr2d2]

"Golder" exists but it's not heard as often as some other colour comparatives. "Pinker" is fine.

 

[Skrej]

You might never hear them or see them (or even need them), but potentially any color can be be made comparative or superlative, since colors are adjectives.

I'm not sure why you'd need too, but theoretically one could speak of something magentaer or the tealest, the fuchsiaest, or something auburner or the fulvousest (it's a real color, look it up). I'm just guessing at the forms and spelling on those mind you, since I've never actually seen them.

 

[emsr2d2]

The same rule applies to colours as applies to most adjectives - if the word has more than two syllables, we use "more + adjective" rather than "adjective -er".

Greener :tick:
Golder :tick:
Bluer :tick:
Pinker :tick:
Browner :tick:
Blacker :tick:
Whiter :tick:
Redder :tick:
Yellower :tick:
Purpler :tick:
Violeter :cross:
Indigoer :cross:
Magentaer :cross: (I note that Skrej gave this as a possible word but I disagree)

 

[Tdol]

You can also use more + colour.

 

[tedmc]

You can also use deeper, stronger, more intense​ with colour.