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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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The Fine Print

I don't speak Greek myself, so there could be mistakes in the translations. Most of what is here is user-submitted, but I do try to check for accuracy and make corrections as I can. Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck on your Greek language learning journey!



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