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Мой любимый цвет — синий.

Мой любимый цвет — синий.
My favourite colour is blue.
From Lesson 52:Expressing likes (нравится, нравятся)·Russian

Breakdown of Мой любимый цвет — синий.

мой
my / mine
синий
dark blue
цвет
color
любимый
favourite

Questions & Answers about Мой любимый цвет — синий.

This lesson is about using нравится to say we like things. Why isn't it used here?
This sentence translates to "My favorite color is blue," using the adjective любимый (favorite). If you wanted to use the "to like" structure from this lesson, you would say Мне нравится синий цвет (I like the color blue). Both are perfectly natural ways to talk about things you like!
Why is there a dash (—) right before синий?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" (is, am, are) is usually skipped. When a sentence simply equates one thing with another (like "color is blue"), a dash is written to take the place of the missing "is".
Why do мой, любимый, and синий all take the masculine form here?
They all describe the main noun of the sentence, цвет (color). Because цвет ends in a consonant, it is a masculine noun. In Russian, all adjectives and possessive words like "my" must change their endings to match the gender of the noun they describe.
Is синий an adjective or a noun in this sentence?
синий is an adjective meaning "dark blue". It can stand alone at the end of the sentence because the noun it describes is already understood. It functions exactly like saying "My favorite color is the blue one."

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