Colors in German
See below for 59 German color words and sentences, translated from English.
Below the list of translated color words, you'll find some of the more descriptive color words - the expressive colors - plus some color-related sentences that will show you how these color words may be used in actual conversation.
Here are some quick links if you want to skip ahead, otherwise, simply scroll down:
General Color Words: 5 translations (color, colorful, rainbow, dark, light).
List of Colors: 27 translations (azure, beige, black, blue, brown, burgundy, coral, gold, green, grey, indigo, khaki, lilac, maroon, orange, pink, purple, red, silver, teal, turquoise, voilet, white, and yellow).
Expressive Colors: 21 translations (blood red, 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, milky white, mouse grey, pitch black, sky blue, and snow white).
Color Sentences: 6 translations.
Notes: Words in bold added/corrected during the last update. You can also view this list of German colors with translations from English to German.
General Color Words (English to German):
Here's some basic color words to get you started, translated from English to German...
German word for color. ➔ Farbe
Colorful ➔ Bunt
Rainbow ➔ Regenbogen
Dark ➔ Dunkel
Light ➔ Hell
Colors (English to German):
The master list of translated colors...
Azure ➔ Azurblau
Beige ➔ Beige
Black ➔ Schwarz
Blue ➔ Blau
Brown ➔ Braun
Burgundy ➔ Burgund
Coral ➔ Koralle
Gold ➔ Gold
Green ➔ Grün
Grey ➔ Grau
Indigo ➔ Indigoblau
Khaki ➔ Kaki
Lilac ➔ Flieder
Maroon ➔ Dunkelrot
Maroon ➔ Rötlichbraun
Orange ➔ Orangen
Pink ➔ Rosa
Purple ➔ Lila / Purpur
Red ➔ Rot
Silver ➔ Silber
Teal ➔ Dunkeltürkis
Teal ➔ Knickente
Turquoise ➔ Türkis
Violet ➔ Violett
White ➔ Weiss / Weiß
Yellow ➔ Gelb
Expressive Colors (English to German):
If you want to be more expressive in your German colors, you might want to use descriptors like...
Blood red ➔ Blutrot
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
Milky white ➔ Milchweiß / Milchweiss
Mouse grey ➔ Mausgrau
Pitch black ➔ Pechschwarz
Sky blue ➔ Himmelblau
Snow white ➔ Schneeweiss / Schneeweiß
Color Sentences (English to German):
And 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.
*List of German color words last updated: February 17, 2018.
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