"The color orange"

[dempsey69]

Why is color masculine could it not be her or his color

[marcolometro]

arancione can be masculine or feminine. It is an adjective that describes the noun which in this sentence is "the color". The word "color" in italian is masculine, so the adjective "arancione" is masculine in this sentence.

[tuftypoem]

There isnt a reason for it being masculine, it just is

[TobyBartels]

It has nothing to do with whether it's his colour or her colour, the word just is whatever gender it is. Although it is strange that it's masculine in Italian, when the cognate word is feminine in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

[Laragazza215994]

That's not exact for Spanish. The color is "el anaranjado", although it would change to anaranjada when the adjective is feminine, just as in Italian

[apophenia]

Did anyone else think it was just asking for "arancione" as opposed to "arancia?" They could change it to pretty much any other color and remove the ambiguity.

[AdamJ.Cell]

I thought arancia was the fruit, while arancione was the color.

[crazy4hazy]

I did too...

[1dannix]

I have learned it as "arancia" for the color and the fruit. The color never changes the letter "a" at the end because any colors that are also nouns never change spelling (like viola or rosa).