English to Greek Color Names
It's truly amazing how often 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 require color words. That's why we are trying to collect as many color words as possible, to help you build out your Greek language vocabulary with useful words you are likely to use.
Scroll down for our two lists of colors - first up is the standard colors list where you will find your more typical colors, then below that you'll find the list of descriptive colors which further classifies the colors into 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.
English to Greek Colors List
Black ➔ Mavro
Blue ➔ Ble
Brown ➔ Kafe
Gold ➔ Hriso
Green ➔ Prasino
Grey ➔ Gris
Maroon ➔ Bordo
Orange ➔ Portokali
Pink ➔ Roz
Purple ➔ Kiano
Purple ➔ Mov
Red ➔ Kokino
Silver ➔ Asimi
White ➔ Aspro
Yellow ➔ Kitrino
English to Greek Descriptive Colors
Light blue ➔ Galazio
Lime green ➔ Lahani
Olive green ➔ Lathi
*English to Greek color words last updated: January 21, 2025.
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