Order of adjectives in English Grammar

What is the general order of adjectives before a noun?

Sometimes we use more than one adjective (or noun used as an adjective) before a noun. If we don’t want to emphasise any one of the adjectives, the order is:

	opinion	size	age	shape	colour	origin	material	type/purpose	noun
a	wonderful		old					historical	building
a		big			red				bus
an			antique			Chinese			cup
a	lovely				white			dancing	dress
a		small		round			copper		coin
a			old		black				cat
a		huge		rectangular			ham		pizza
a			new		brown		wooden		pen
a			young		blond	Swedish			lady

Note: Not everyone agrees on this order. Opinions differ on age and shape.

We do not normally use more than three adjectives before a noun.