colors / nominative case

[hamer1970]

Je me demande si l'on utilise la preposition 'du' dans le sort de phrase là-dessus:

Ma maison est blanche.

Ou est-ce que l'on dit, 'Ma maison est du blanc'?

 

[Benoît abroad]

No, you can't use "du" in that case. "Ma maison est blanche" is correct.

 

[hamer1970]

Merci pour la réponse!

 

[Cath.S.]

Benoît is correct, naturally, but I feel it's worth adding that if you were to qualify the color, you could write for instance:
ma maison est d'un blanc légèrement bleuté
my house is of a slightly bluish white.

 

[Xanthius]

ma maison estd'un blanc légèrement bleuté

Would it therefore also be correct to say...

ma maison blanc légèrement bleuté ???

 

[Cath.S.]

Would it therefore also be correct to say...

ma maison blanc légèrement bleuté ???

No, it wouldn't, and I should have said:
You would have to write instead of:

you could write for instance: