You can say "I like the blue color of the sky." You can also say "I like the blue color" if are looking at a bunch of colors and pointing out which you like. It sounds better to say "I like the color blue" if you are making a general statement about your preference in colors but I don't think that there is any grammatical rule to govern this. Michele -------------------------------------------- Visit the ETNI site - http://www.etni.org Send a message to the ETNI list: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------