When more than one adjective comes before a noun, the adjectives are normally in a particular order. Adjectives which describe opinions or attitudes (e.g. amazing) usually come first, before more neutral, factual ones (e.g. red):
opinions or attitudes > neutral, factual
She was wearing an amazing red coat.
If we don’t want to emphasise any one of the adjectives, the most usual sequence of adjectives is:
| Order | Relating to | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opinion | unusual, lovely, beautiful |
| 2 | Size | big, small, tall |
| 3 | Physical quality | thin, rough, untidy |
| 4 | Shape | round, square, rectangular |
| 5 | Age | young, old, youthful |
| 6 | Colour | blue, red, pink |
| 7 | Origin | Dutch, Japanese, Turkish |
| 8 | Material | metal, wood, plastic |
| 9 | Type | general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped |
| 10 | Purpose | cleaning, hammering, cooking |
It was made of a strange, green, metallic material.
It’s a long, narrow, plastic brush.
She was a beautiful, tall, thin, young, black-haired, Scottish woman.
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