Color Chart in German and English
Find German Color Names by Color - with Audio
Farbennamen in Deutsch und Englisch
Find a color name by finding the color! The color chart below is arranged in a “rainbow” color scale with the German and English name for each color. You can also hear the pronunciation of color groups. (To find a color by its English name, see our Alphabetical Color List.)
| Hear all of the gray colors listed below (mp3 audio). | ||
| weiß | white | |
| rauchiges Weiß | smokey white | |
| hellgrau | light gray | |
| Silber, silbern | silver, silver-colored | |
| grau | gray | |
| Schlachtschiffgrau | battleship gray | |
| dunkelgrau | dark gray | |
| schwarz | black | |
| Note: Colors used as nouns are usually neuter and capitalized (das Weiß, das Blau, etwas in Grün). Colors used as adjectives are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a proper noun. (ein weißes Hemd, das blaue Auto) | ||
| Hear all of the blue colors below (soon). | ||
| Dunstblau | haze blue | |
| Himmelblau | sky blue | |
| hellblau | light blue | |
| Babyblau | baby blue | |
| blau | blue | |
| königsblau | royal blue | |
| Marineblau | navy blue | |
| Mitternachtsblau | midnight blue | |
| NEXT > Colors 2 (greens, reds) > Web Colors Colors 1 > Colors 2 > Colors 3 > Colors 4 > Colors 5 |
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