How to Say "Orange" in Spanish

“Naranja” (nar-AHN-ha) “Naranja” is the most common way to talk about the color orange, and is a great word to have in your back pocket. Unlike other Spanish adjectives that have a feminine and masculine form, “naranja” is used regardless of the gender of the object its describing.^[1]

• Sample sentence: “El gato naranja es muy amigable.”
  Translation: “The orange cat is very friendly.”
• Sample sentence: “¡Mis manos estaban de color naranja durante una semana!”
  Translation: “My hands were orange for a week!”

“Anaranjado” (an-ar-an-HA-do) “Anaranjado” is another common adjective to describe something that’s the color orange. This adjective does decline according to gender, so when describing feminine nouns (often, but not always, nouns ending with the letter “a”), use the form “anaranjada” (an-ar-an-HA-da) instead.^[2]

• Sample sentence: “Me gusta mucho tu camisa anaranjada.”
  Translation: “I like your orange shirt a lot.”
• Sample sentence: “El color favorito de mi hija es anaranjado”
  Translation: “My daughter’s favorite color is orange.”

“Naranjado” (na-ran-HA-do) This is a less common adjective that has the meaning of “something that tastes or looks like an orange.” You likely won’t see this adjective being used very often—it’s far more common to say “naranja” or “anaranjado,” but if you hear someone else using “naranjado,” this is also technically proper Spanish. Keep in mind that the feminine form of this word, “naranjada,” usually gets used to describe an orange-flavored drink.^[3]

• Sample sentence: “La puesta de sol torna naranjado el cielo.”
  Translation: “The sunset turns the sky orange.”
• Sample sentence: “Quiero usar la pintura naranjada.”
  Translation: “I want to use the orange paint.”