Order of Adjectives: age before color

When we use two or more adjectives, they need to go in the right order to make sense.

For example, age adjectives always come before color adjectives.

Examples

Sandy spent a lot of money on those old white couches.

Ava washed the new purple plates.

Ximena got a new red sweater yesterday.

Here are some other good rules to keep in mind when putting adjectives in order:

Rule
Example

opinion before material

That is a strange wooden spoon.

color before purpose

Fatima has blue soccer cleats.

size before material

That is a large wool sweater.