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Alphabetical Color List P-Z
German & English
Farbennamen in Deutsch und Englisch

Find a color by its English name in this alphabetical list. Compound colors, such as "dark blue" or "forest green," are found under their basic color (e.g., blue, green, etc.). - To find a name by its color, see our Color Chart.

P pale-colored blass-, hell-  
  pale blue hellblau
  pale turquoise blasses Türkis
papaya Papayafarbe
peach Pfirsichfarbe
pink rosa
  hot pink grellrosa, hot pink, leuchtendes Rosa
plum pflaumenblau, dunkelblau
purple violett
R red rot  
rose (colored) rosarot, rosenrot
  to see things through rose-colored glasses = alles durch die rosarote Brille sehen
  Also see > Farbenfroh: Colorful Expressions
S salmon Lachsfarbe  
sandy sand
sienna ockergelb
  burnt sienna siena(braun), rotbraun
  raw sienna ockergelb
silver Silber, silbern
slate Schieferfarbe
  slate blue Schieferblau
  slate gray Schiefergrau
T tan hellbraun  
teal dunkeltürkis
thistle Distelfarbe
turquoise türkis
  Also see > Color Chart
U ultraviolet ultraviolett  
umber umbrabraun
  burnt umber gebrannte Umbra
V violet violett  
W white weiß  
  antique white antikes Weiß
  off-white cremiges Weiß
Y yellow gelb  
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