Learn English – “Do you like the color red” vs “Do you like the red color”

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When your favorite color is red, do you say,

I like the color red.

or

I like the red color.

Is there any difference of meaning between the two ways of saying about your favorite color?

Best Answer

"The red colour" is a fairly rare expression, but it can be used. It answers the question "which of the colours?", selecting one from a set of colours that is somehow already known: maybe the colours on a chart, or some colours that have already been talked about.

"The colour red" is much more common, and refers to a colour (really, a range of colours) chosen from all possible colours.

[I'm using the British spelling for 'colour']

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