Colors in German

Glossary with the most common colors in German and English with pronunciation

Common colors

FarbeColor
gelb yellowyellow
grüngelb greenish yellow
indigo indigo
blau blueblue
dunkelblau marine blue,
dark blue
dark blue
blaugrün greenish bluegreenish blue
beige beigebeige
weiß whitewhite
kaki khaki
himmelblau sky bluesky blue
grünblau cyan
zimtfarben cinnamon
cremefarben creamcream
granatrot maroonmaroon
grau greygrey
braun brownbrown
violett
lila
purplepurple
orange orangeorange
schwarz blackblack
schwarz wie Ebenholz jet blackjet black
rot redred
hellrot light red
dunkelrot dark reddark red
rosa pinkpink
grün greengreen
violett, veilchenvioletviolet
mahagonibraunmahoganymahogany

Color characteristics

EigenschaftenCharacteristics
matt dull
brillant bright
dunkel dark
hell light

Audiovisual supplement

A beautiful Disney song: Farbenspiel des Winds (Pocahontas)