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English to Filipino Color Words

Because colors come up so often in conversation, it can be very worth it to improve on your Filipino color vocabulary. This page of Filipino color words is divided into four sections - first is general words about colors, next is the main list of Filipino colors from A to Z, third is a list of descriptive colors, and last are some example English to Filipino sentences that use color words.

To learn a ton of Filipino color words from all of these categories, simply scroll down to see what you can find, or use the quick links provided below to jump to the specific section you wish to learn first.

Colors from English to Filipino:

Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view these color names from Filipino to English.


General English to Filipino Color Words

Color ➔ Kulay


English to Filipino Colors A-Z

Amber ➔ Ambra

Amber ➔ Ambre

Aquamarine ➔ Akwamarina

Aquamarine ➔ Tubig dagat


Black ➔ Itim

Blue ➔ Asul

Blue ➔ Bughaw

Burgundy ➔ Burgundi

Burgundy ➔ Burgundiya

Brown ➔ Kayumanggi


Copper ➔ Tanso

Cream ➔ Krema

Crimson ➔ Krimson


Gold ➔ Ginto

Green ➔ Berde

Green ➔ Luntian


Lilac ➔ Lilak


Magenta ➔ Mahenta


Ochre ➔ Okre

Orange ➔ Kahel


Pink ➔ Rosas

Purple ➔ Lila

Purple ➔ Purpula

Purple ➔ Purpura


Red ➔ Pula

Rust ➔ Kalawang


Scarlet ➔ Iskarlata

Sepia ➔ Sepya

Silver ➔ Pilak


Terracotta ➔ Terakota

Turquoise ➔ Turkesa

Turquoise ➔ Turkesang tingkad


Ultramarine ➔ Ultramarina


White ➔ Puti


Yellow ➔ Dilaw


Descriptive Colors from English to Filipino

Army green ➔ Lunting hukbo


Baby blue ➔ Bughaw-sanggol

Baby pink ➔ Rosas-sanggol

Bright green ➔ Lunting tingkad


Cerulean blue ➔ Serulyo

Cerulean blue ➔ Serulyong bughaw


Dark blue ➔ Dilimang bughaw

Dark brown ➔ Dilimang kayumanggi

Dark cerulean ➔ Dilimang serulyo

Dark green ➔ Dilimang lunti

Dark greenish blue ➔ Madilim na luntiang bughaw

Dark lilac ➔ Tingkad dilimang lilak

Dark pastel green ➔ Dilimang lunting pastel

Dark peach ➔ Tingkad dilimang melokoton

Dark pink ➔ Dilimang rosas

Dark pink ➔ Tingkad dilimang rosas

Dark purple ➔ Dilimang lilang

Dark purple ➔ Dilimang purpurang

Dark purple ➔ Tingkad dilimang lilang

Dark red ➔ Dilimang pulang

Dark salmon ➔ Dilimang salmon

Dark tangerine ➔ Dilimang dalanghita

Dark turquoise ➔ Dilimang turkesa

Dark yellow ➔ Dilimang dilaw

Deep blue ➔ Mahimbing na bughaw


Electric blue ➔ De kuryenteng bughaw

Electric green ➔ De kuryenteng lunti

Electric indigo ➔ Indigong de kuryente

Electric lime ➔ De kuryenteng dayap

Electric purple ➔ Purpurang de kuryente


Fern green ➔ Lunting eletso

Fern green ➔ Lunting pako

Forest green ➔ Lunting gubat


Golden brown ➔ Gintong kayumanggi

Golden yellow ➔ Gintong dilaw


Light blue ➔ Asuling mapusyaw

Light blue ➔ Pusyawing bughaw

Light lavender ➔ Labanda mapusyaw


Medium blue ➔ Kagitnang bughaw

Midnight blue ➔ Bughaw sa hatinggabi


Navy blue ➔ Bughaw hukbong dagat


Pale blue ➔ Kupasing bughaw

Pale brown ➔ Kupasing kayumanggi

Pale magenta ➔ Kupasing mahenta

Pale pink ➔ Kupasing rosas

Pale turquoise ➔ Kupasing turkesa

Pastel green ➔ Lunting pastel

Persian blue ➔ Bughaw Persa

Powder blue ➔ Pulbusing bughaw

Prussian blue ➔ Bughaw prusyano

Psychedelic purple ➔ Purpura sikedeliko


Robin's egg blue ➔ Bughaw ng itlog ng ibong Robin

Royal blue ➔ Maharlikang bughaw

Royal purple ➔ Maharlikang purpura


Sandy brown ➔ Mabuhanging kayumanggi

School bus yellow ➔ Dilaw pangbus na pampaaralan

Spring green ➔ Lunti ng tagsibol

Steel blue ➔ Bughaw ng asero


English to Filipino Sentences with Color Words

Blue is a primary color. ➔ Ang asul ay isang pangunahing kulay.

Red apples are sweeter than green apples. ➔ Ang mga pulang mansanas ay mas matamis kaysa sa mga berdeng mansanas.

White is the opposite of black. ➔ Puti ang kabaligtaran ng itim.


This list of English to Filipino color words was first created on April 26, 2025.



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The Fine Print

I don't speak Filipino myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck on your Filipino language learning journey!



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