Colors in German
If you want to learn how to say German colors, you've come to the right place. This page will teach you a variety of color translations, with example sentences and even a video to help with pronunciation.
First up is a list of general color words, followed by the standard colors list from A-Z, then there's a bunch of expressive colors, followed by a list of example sentences featuring color words. Below this you will find some examples of German color conjugation.
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General Color Words in German: 5 translations (color, colorful, rainbow, dark, and light).
Standard German Colors A-Z: 34 translations (azure, beige, blue, brown, burgundy, maroon, teal, lilac, yellow, gold, grey, green, chartreuse, indigo, khaki, coral, lavender, purple, maroon, teal, mauve, orange, teal, purple, crimson, pink, red, maroon, scarlet, black, silver, turquoise, violet, and white).
List of Expressive German Colors: 28 translations (baby blue, blood red, cream colored, dark blue, dark brown, dark green, burnt orange, dark red, grass green, greyish blue, light blue, light brown, light yellow, light green, light red, sky blue, royal blue, navy blue, mouse grey, milky white, midnight blue, pitch black, snow white, chocolate brown, jet black, dark brown, off white, and lemon yellow).
Example Color Sentences in German: 6 translations (scroll down to see examples)
Conjugated German Colors: 6 conjugations (blue, yellow, green, red, black, and white).
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of color words from English to German.
General Color Words in German
To get you started, here are some basic german color words...
Farbe ➔ German word for color.
Bunt ➔ Colorful
Regenbogen ➔ Rainbow
Dunkel ➔ Dark
Hell ➔ Light
Standard German Colors A-Z
Now onto the master list of colors. These are the more standard colors that you are likely to run into during conversation.
Azurblau ➔ Azure
Beige ➔ Beige
Blau ➔ Blue
Braun ➔ Brown
Burgund ➔ Burgundy
Dunkelrot ➔ Maroon
Dunkeltürkis ➔ Teal
Flieder ➔ Lilac
Gelb ➔ Yellow
Gold ➔ Gold
Grau ➔ Grey
Grün ➔ Green
Hellgrün ➔ Chartreuse
Indigoblau ➔ Indigo
Kaki ➔ Khaki
Koralle ➔ Coral
Lavendel ➔ Lavender
Lila ➔ Purple
Kastanienrot ➔ Maroon
Knickente ➔ Teal
Malve ➔ Mauve
Orangen ➔ Orange
Petrol ➔ Teal
Purpur ➔ Purple
Purpurrot ➔ Crimson
Rosa ➔ Pink
Rot ➔ Red
Rötlichbraun ➔ Maroon
Scharlachrot ➔ Scarlet
Schwarz ➔ Black
Silber ➔ Silver
Türkis ➔ Turquoise
Violett ➔ Violet
Weiss / Weiß ➔ White
List of Expressive German Colors
If you want to be more expressive in your German colors, you might want to use descriptors like these colors.
Babyblau ➔ Baby blue
Blutrot ➔ Blood red
Cremefarben ➔ Cream colored
Dunkelblau ➔ Dark blue
Dunkelbraun ➔ Dark brown
Dunkelgrün ➔ Dark green
Dunkelorange ➔ Burnt orange
Dunkelrot ➔ Dark red
Grasgrün ➔ Grass green
Graublau ➔ Greyish blue
Hellblau ➔ Light blue
Hellbraun ➔ Light brown
Hellgelb ➔ Light yellow
Hellgrün ➔ Light green
Hellrot ➔ Light red
Himmelblau ➔ Sky blue
Königsblau ➔ Royal blue
Marineblau ➔ Navy blue
Mausgrau ➔ Mouse grey
Milchweiß / Milchweiss ➔ Milky white
Mitternachtsblau ➔ Midnight blue
Pechschwarz ➔ Pitch black
Schneeweiss / Schneeweiß ➔ Snow white
Schokoladebraun ➔ Chocolate brown
Schwarz wie Ebenholz ➔ Jet black
Schwarzbraun ➔ Dark brown (Black brown)
Weißgrau ➔ Off white
Zitronengelb ➔ Lemon yellow
Example Color Sentences in German
And here are a few color-themed sentences to help you use the color translations in actual conversations.
Der Grass ist grün. ➔ The grass is green.
Der Himmel ist blau. ➔ The sky is blue.
Die Münze ist gold. ➔ The coin is gold.
Es ist rot. ➔ It is red.
Meine Katze ist braun. ➔ My cat is brown.
Milch ist weiß. / Milch ist weiss. ➔ Milk is white.
Conjugated German Colors
German color words tend to change based on the noun they are used with, therefore many require conjugation based on if they are used with masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural nouns. Here are some examples:
Blau (Blue): M- Blauer, F- Blaue, N- Blaues, P- Blaue
Gelb (Yellow): M- Gelber, F- Gelbe, N- Gelbes, P- Gelbe
Grün (Green): M- Grüner, F- Grüne, N- Grünes, P- Grüne
Rot (Red): M- Roter, F- Rote, N- Rotes, P- Rote
Schwarz (Black): M- Schwarzer, F- Schwarze, N- Schwarzes, P- Schwarze
Weiss (White): M- Weisser, F- Weisse, N- Weisses, P- Weisse
*German colors list last updated: January 5, 2025.
Learn German Colors with Videos
German Colours Song by Lern mit mir - ABC 123
This video features the German colors song. A good number of colors are included, including Blue (Blau), Green (Grün), Pink (Rosa), Red (Rot), Orange (Orange), Yellow (Gelb), White (Weiss), and Black (Schwarz).
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