English to German Colors
See below for 73 German color words and sentences, all translated from English. First you'll find the list of general color words, then the main list of colors from A-Z, followed by some more descriptive color words, and then some color-related sentences that will show you how to use these color words in actual conversation. Finally, you'll see a breakdown of how to conjugate some of the color words in relation to masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural nouns.
To skip straight to your desired list of translations, here are some quick links, otherwise, if you want to learn from all the lists, simply scroll down for all of the color translations.
English to German General Color Words: 5 translations (color, colorful, rainbow, dark, light).
List of English to German Colors A-Z: 34 translations (azure, beige, black, blue, brown, burgundy, chartreuse, coral, crimson, gold, green, grey, indigo, khaki, lavender, lilac, maroon, mauve, orange, pink, purple, red, scarlet, silver, teal, turquoise, voilet, white, and yellow).
Expressive Colors from English to German: 28 translations (baby blue, blood red, burnt orange, chocolate brown, cream colored, dark blue, dark brown, dark green, dark red, grass green, greyish blue, jet black, lemon yellow, light blue, light brown, light green, light red, midnight blue, milky white, mouse grey, navy blue, off white, pitch black, royal blue, sky blue, and snow white).
Example English to German Color Sentences: 6 translations.
Conjugated Colors from English to German: 6 conjugations (black, blue, green, red, white, and yellow).
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of colors from German to English.
English to German General Color Words
Here's some basic color-related words to get you started, translated from English to German.
German word for color. ➔ Farbe
Colorful ➔ Bunt
Rainbow ➔ Regenbogen
Dark ➔ Dunkel
Light ➔ Hell
List of English to German Colors A-Z
The master list of translated colors.
Azure ➔ Azurblau
Beige ➔ Beige
Black ➔ Schwarz
Blue ➔ Blau
Brown ➔ Braun
Burgundy ➔ Burgund
Chartreuse ➔ Hellgrün
Coral ➔ Koralle
Crimson ➔ Purpurrot
Gold ➔ Gold
Green ➔ Grün
Grey ➔ Grau
Indigo ➔ Indigoblau
Khaki ➔ Kaki
Lavender ➔ Lavendel
Lilac ➔ Flieder
Maroon ➔ Dunkelrot
Maroon ➔ Kastanienrot
Maroon ➔ Rötlichbraun
Mauve ➔ Malve
Orange ➔ Orangen
Pink ➔ Rosa
Purple ➔ Lila / Purpur
Red ➔ Rot
Scarlet ➔ Scharlachrot
Silver ➔ Silber
Teal ➔ Dunkeltürkis
Teal ➔ Knickente
Teal ➔ Petrol
Turquoise ➔ Türkis
Violet ➔ Violett
White ➔ Weiss / Weiß
Yellow ➔ Gelb
Expressive Colors from English to German
If you want to be more expressive in your German colors, you might want to use more descriptive words like:
Baby blue ➔ Babyblau
Blood red ➔ Blutrot
Burnt orange ➔ Dunkelorange
Chocolate brown ➔ Schokoladebraun
Cream colored ➔ Cremefarben
Dark blue ➔ Dunkelblau
Dark brown ➔ Dunkelbraun
Dark brown (Black brown) ➔ Schwarzbraun
Dark green ➔ Dunkelgrün
Dark red ➔ Dunkelrot
Grass green ➔ Grasgrün
Greyish blue ➔ Graublau
Jet black ➔ Schwarz wie Ebenholz
Lemon yellow ➔ Zitronengelb
Light blue ➔ Hellblau
Light brown ➔ Hellbraun
Light green ➔ Hellgrün
Light red ➔ Hellrot
Midnight blue ➔ Mitternachtsblau
Milky white ➔ Milchweiß / Milchweiss
Mouse grey ➔ Mausgrau
Navy blue ➔ Marineblau
Off white ➔ Weißgrau
Pitch black ➔ Pechschwarz
Royal blue ➔ Königsblau
Sky blue ➔ Himmelblau
Snow white ➔ Schneeweiss / Schneeweiß
Example English to German Color Sentences
And here are a few color-themed sentences to help you use the color translations in actual conversations.
It is red. ➔ Es ist rot.
Milk is white. ➔ Milch ist weiß. / Milch ist weiss.
My cat is brown. ➔ Meine Katze ist braun.
The coin is gold. ➔ Die Münze ist gold.
The grass is green. ➔ Der Grass ist grün.
The sky is blue. ➔ Der Himmel ist blau.
Conjugated Colors from English to German
Because most German color words change slightly based on the noun they are used with, they often require conjugation with masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural nouns. Here are some examples to better illustrate this point:
Black ➔ Schwarz: M- Schwarzer, F- Schwarze, N- Schwarzes, P- Schwarze
Blue ➔ Blau: M- Blauer, F- Blaue, N- Blaues, P- Blaue
Green ➔ Grün: M- Grüner, F- Grüne, N- Grünes, P- Grüne
Red ➔ Rot: M- Roter, F- Rote, N- Rotes, P- Rote
White ➔ Weiss: M- Weisser, F- Weisse, N- Weisses, P- Weisse
Yellow ➔ Gelb: M- Gelber, F- Gelbe, N- Gelbes, P- Gelbe
*List of English to German color words last updated: January 5, 2025.
Learn German Colors with Videos
German Colours Song by Lern mit mir - ABC 123
It's the German colors song! Though it doesn't include all the colors listed on this age, it does include Blue (Blau), Green (Grün), Pink (Rosa), Red (Rot), Orange (Orange), Yellow (Gelb), White (Weiss), and Black (Schwarz).
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