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Colors in Romanian

If you are looking for translations of Romanian colors, then this is the page for you. Here you will find the masculine and feminine spellings for several Romanian colors so you can better understand this vital part of the language. There's also an extensive list of descriptive colors as well, in case you want to more closely describe a certain color in Romanian.

By scrolling down below the main two lists of colors, you'll also find some color-related phrases in Romanian, so you can better see how these color words are used in regular conversations.

Romanian Colors:

Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of colors from English to Romanian.


General Color Words in Romanian

Before we get into the actual colors, here are a few general color words, translated from Romanian to English.

Culoare ➔ Color

Culoare primară ➔ Primary color

Culoare secundară ➔ Secondary color

Culoare terțiară ➔ Tertiary Color


Romanian Color Words

Please note that Romanian color words can have both a masculine spelling (m), and a feminine spelling (f). Though, some color spellings are the same for both masculine and feminine (ex. maro, verde, violet). Not all m/f spellings are listed yet, because this list is still in progress.

Acvamarin ➔ Aquamarine

Alb (m) / **Albă (f) ➔ White

Albastru (m) / Albastră (f) ➔ Blue

Ceruleo ➔ Cerulean

Galben (m) / Galbenă (f) ➔ Yellow

Gri (m) / Gri (f) ➔ Gray

Maro (m) / Maro (f) ➔ Brown

Mov (m) / Movă (f) ➔ Purple

Negru (m) / Neagră (f) ➔ Black

Portocaliu (m) / Portocalie (f) ➔ Orange

Roșu (m) / Roșie (f) ➔ Red

Roz (m) / Roz (f) ➔ Pink

Verde (m) / Verde (f) ➔ Green

Violet (m) / Violet (f) ➔ Violet


Descriptive Color Words in Romanian

This list is for more specialized Romanian colors that include some added descriptive words. It currently doesn't distinguish between male or female readings.

Albastru albăstrea ➔ Cornflower blue

Albastru cobalt ➔ Cobalt blue

Albastru cobalt deschis ➔ Light cobalt blue

Albastru cobalt închis ➔ Dark cobalt blue

Albastru marin ➔ Navy blue

Albastru Tiffany ➔ Tiffany blue

Albastru turcoaz ➔ Turquoise blue

Albastru ultramarin ➔ Ultramarine blue

Albastru verzui ➔ Greenish blue

Cireșiu adânc ➔ Deep cherry

Galben auriu ➔ Golden yellow

Galben banană ➔ Banana yellow

Galben canar ➔ Canary yellow

Galben cremă ➔ Cream yellow

Galben lămâie ➔ Lemon yellow

Galben muștar ➔ Mustard yellow

Galben pai ➔ Straw yellow

Galben verzui ➔ Greenish yellow

Gri asfalt ➔ Asphalt gray

Gri plumb ➔ Lead gray

Gri rece ➔ Cool gray

Lila aprins ➔ Bright lilac

Lila deschis ➔ Light lilac

Maro auriu ➔ Golden brown

Maro cafea ➔ Coffee brown

Maro leopard ➔ Leopard brown

Maro miere ➔ Honey brown

Maro nuc ➔ Walnut brown

Maro piele ➔ Leather brown

Maro verzui ➔ Greenish brown

Maron sepia ➔ Sepia brown

Negru funingine ➔ Soot black

Negru de fum ➔ Carbon black

Portocaliu aprins ➔ Bright orange

Portocaliu închis ➔ Dark orange

Portocaliu roșiatic ➔ Reddish orange

Purpuriu albăstrui ➔ Bluish purple

Purpuriu rozaliu ➔ Pinkish purple

Roșu cardinal ➔ Cardinal red

Roșu deschis ➔ Light red

Roșu închis ➔ Dark red

Roșu maroniu ➔ Brownish red

Roșu pepene ➔ Watermelon red

Roșu portocaliu ➔ Orange red

Roșu roze ➔ Rose red

Roșu ruginiu ➔ Rust red

Roșu sângeriu ➔ Blood red

Roșu somon ➔ Salmon red

Roșu tomată ➔ Tomato red

Roșu toscan ➔ Tuscan red

Roz aprins ➔ Hot pink

Roz corai ➔ Coral pink

Siena ars ➔ Burnt sienna

Verde absint ➔ Absinthe green

Verde anghinare ➔ Artichoke green

Verde aprins ➔ Bright green

Verde gălbui ➔ Yellowish green

Verde iarbă ➔ Grass green

Verde închis ➔ Dark green

Verde jad ➔ Jade green

Verde lime ➔ Lime green

Verde malachit ➔ Malachite green

Verde măr ➔ Apple green

Verde marin ➔ Sea green

Verde mentă ➔ Mint green

Verde mușchi ➔ Moss green

Verde neon ➔ Neon green

Verde oscur ➔ Dark green

Verde pădure ➔ Forest green

Verde pal ➔ Pale green

Verde pastel ➔ Pastel green

Verde pin ➔ Pine green

Verde smarald ➔ Emerald green

Verde spanac ➔ Spinach green

Verde trifoi ➔ Clover green

Verde vânător ➔ Hunter green


Romanian Color Phrases

Here are some sentences with colors so you can see how the words are used in conversations.

Ce culoare are? ➔ What color is it?

Cer albastru ➔ Blue sky

Cerul este albastru. ➔ The sky is blue.

Culoarea este albastra. ➔ The color is blue.

Culoarea esta roșie. ➔ The color is red.

Listă de culori ➔ List of colors

Negru ca noaptea ➔ Black as night


This list of Romanian color words was last updated on April 20, 2025.



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The Fine Print

I don't speak Romanian 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 Romanian language learning journey!



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