Colors or Farben is an important characteristic to describe a lot of things. Be it the color of your favorite shirt or your pet, you need to know the color vocabulary to describe it.
Do you like dark pink or light pink? Was your favorite film black and white? How do you say jet black in German? We have it all covered!
Frequently Asked Questions
Colors in German Flashcards
Black

Yellow

Pink

Purple

White

Red

Blue

Green

Orange

Brown

Grey

Violet

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German Colors Game: Guess the Verbs

Find the solutions at the end of this article.
German Vocabulary List for Colors : Wortschatz Thema Farben
German Verbs for Colors
English | German |
to accentuate | betonen |
to bleach | bleichen |
to blend | mischen |
to brighten | aufhellen |
to brush | pinseln |
to add color | Farbe hinzufügen |
to combine | verbinden |
to complement | komplementieren |
to color-coordinate | farblich abstimmen |
to darken | dunkel färben |
to discolor | verfärben |
to dye | färben |
to fade | erblassen |
to glow | glühen |
to illuminate | illuminieren |
to lighten | bleichen |
to match | passen |
to mix | anrühren |
to radiate | strahlen |
to recolor | neu färben |
to shade | abtönen / schattieren |
to smear | schmieren |
to splash | spritzen |
to spray | besprühen |
to spray-paint | spritzlackieren |
to stain | abfärben |
to tinge / tint | tönen |
to touch-up | schönen |
to whitewash | tünchen |
German Adjectives for Colors
English | German |
ashy | aschfarben |
blazing | schreiend |
bleached | gebleicht |
bright | heiter |
color-coded | farbkodiert |
chromatic | farbig |
colorless | farblos |
colorful | bunt |
dark | dunkel |
discolored | verfärbt |
faded | verblasst |
fiery | feuerrot |
flamboyant | auffallend |
fluorescent | fluoreszierend |
gaudy | grell |
glowing | glühend |
light | hell / licht |
matching | passend |
monochrome | einfarbig |
multicolored | vielfarbig / mehrfarbig |
neutral | neutral |
pale | blass |
pastel | pastellig |
royal | königlich / Königs- |
shaded | unterlegt / überlaufen |
shiny | glänzend |
stained | befleckt |
soft | zart |
tinged | farbstichig / gefärbt |
tinted | getönt |
translucent | Lasur- |
vibrant | kräftig |
vivid | lebhaft / strahlend |
warm | warm |
List of Colors in German
English | German |
white | weiß |
beige | beige |
chalk white | kreideweiß |
dull white | mattweiß |
ivory | elfenbeinweiß |
marble white | marmorweiß |
milk white | milchweiß |
off-white | grauweiß |
opal white | opalweiß |
pearl white | perlmuttweiß |
yellow | gelb |
amber | bernsteingelb |
butter yellow | buttergelb |
corn yellow | korngelb |
dark yellow | dunkelgelb |
golden | goldgelb |
lemon yellow | zitronengelb |
light yellow | hellgelb |
mustard | senfgelb |
saffron | safrangelb |
sulfur yellow | schwefelgelb |
orange | orange |
bright orange | leuchtorange |
brownish-orange | bräunlich-orange |
dark orange | dunkelorange |
red | rot |
blood red | blutrot |
brick red | ziegelrot |
burgundy | burgunderrot |
cherry red | kirschrot |
crimson | purpurrot |
magenta | magentarot |
oxide red | oxidrot |
pale red | blassrot |
raspberry red | himbeerrot |
ruby red | rubinrot |
scarlet | scharlachrot |
wine red | weinrot |
pink | rosa |
baby pink | babyrosa |
flesh pink | fleischrosa |
hot pink | pink |
pastel pink | schweinchenrosa |
peach | pfirsichfarben |
purple | lila |
dark purple | dunkellila |
lavender | lavendel |
lilac purple | zartlila |
mauve | malvenfarbig |
plum | pflaumenfarben |
purple violet | purpurviolett |
violet | violett |
violet red | violettrot |
blue | blau |
bluish green | blaugrün |
cobalt | kobaltblau |
cyan | cyan |
dark blue | tiefblau |
indigo blue | indigoblau |
light blue | hellblau |
navy blue | dunkelblau |
pastel blue | pastellblau |
peacock blue | pfauenblau |
Prussian blue | preußischblau |
royal blue | königsblau |
sky blue | himmelblau |
teal | dunkeltürkis |
turquoise | türkisblau |
green | grün |
apple green | apfelgrün |
bottle green | flaschengrün |
copper green | kupfergrün |
emerald green | smaragdgrün |
jade green | jadegrün |
olive green | olivgrün |
pistachio green | pistaziengrün |
sea green | meergrün |
brown | braun |
biscuit color | blassbraun |
bronze | bronzefarben |
chocolate brown | schokoladebraun |
coffee brown | kaffeebraun |
golden brown | goldbraun |
khaki | khakifarben |
maroon | kastanienbraun |
gray | grau |
ash gray | aschgrau |
charcoal gray | koksgrau |
silver | silbern |
smoky gray | rauchgrau |
black | schwarz |
carbon black | kohlenschwarz |
jet black | rabenschwarz |
pitch black | kohlrabenschwarz |
soot black | rußschwarz |
German Sentences to Talk About Colors
English | German |
Red is the complimentary color for green. | Rot ist die Komplimentärfarbe von grün. |
Yellow and orange are warm colors. | Gelb und orange sind warme Farben. |
Blue and violet are cool colors. | Blau und violett sind kalte Farben. |
The picture is monochrome. | Das bild ist monochrom. |
The film is shot in black and white. | Der Film ist in Schwarzweiss gedreht. |
My shirt is white. | Mein Hemd ist weiß. |
The color is rich. | Die Farbe ist satt. |
It is available in all colors. | Es ist in allen Farben erhältlich. |
In the background is black. | Im Hintergrund ist schwarz. |
In the foreground is white. | Im Vordergrund ist weiß. |
Solution for “Guess the Verbs” – 1. abtönen 2. abfärben 3. spritzlackieren 4. mischen / anrühren 5. schmieren 6. bleichen
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