English to Greek Color Names
It's truly amazing how often Greek color names come up in day-to-day conversations. Are you talking about a beautiful blue sky? A bright red flower? A long purple dress? Well, talking of all these things will require a basic knowledge of Greek color words.
That's why we are trying to collect as many translated English to Greek color words as possible, so you can build out your Greek language vocabulary with the kinds of useful words you are likely to use.
If you like to learn some Greek colors, then scroll down for our three lists of color words. First up is the list of general color words (like color, rainbow, light, dark), next up is the standard Greek colors list where you will find your more typical colors, then below that you'll find the list of descriptive Greek colors which includes any colors with more unique descriptions.
Colors from English to Greek:
Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view these colors from Greek to English.
General English to Greek Color Words
Color ➔ Khróma
Colorful ➔ Polýchroma
Rainbow ➔ Ouránio tóxo
Light ➔ Anoiktó
Dark ➔ Skoúro
English to Greek Colors List
Aubergine ➔ Melitzaní
Black ➔ Mávro
Blue ➔ Ble
Bronze ➔ Bronzé
Brown ➔ Kafé
Copper ➔ Chálkino
Fuchsia ➔ Fúksia
Gold ➔ Hriso
Green ➔ Prásino
Grey ➔ Gris
Maroon ➔ Bordo
Orange ➔ Portokáli
Pink ➔ Roz
Purple ➔ Kiano
Purple ➔ Mov
Red ➔ Kókkino
Silver ➔ Asími
Turquoise ➔ Tourkouáz
Violet ➔ Violetí
White ➔ Aspro
White ➔ Lefkó
Yellow ➔ Kítrino
English to Greek Descriptive Colors
Light blue ➔ Galanó
Light blue ➔ Galazio
Lime green ➔ Lahani
Navy blue ➔ Ble marín
Olive green ➔ Lathi
Sky blue ➔ Ciél
This list of English to Greek color words was last updated on April 8, 2025.
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