Color Chart - German & English 3
Farbennamen in Deutsch und Englisch
German Colors with Audio
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 German pronunciation of the colors as mp3 audio. (To find a color by its English name, see our Alphabetical Color List.)
| hellgelb (audio) | pale yellow | |
| Sandgelb | sandy yellow | |
| Kanariengelb (audio) | canary yellow | |
| gelb | yellow | |
| Gold | gold, golden | |
| goldorange (audio) | goldenrod | |
| orange | orange | |
| gebranntes Orange (audio) | burnt sienna | |
| Hear all of the colors above: MP3 Audio | ||
| 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) | ||
| hellbeige | light beige | |
| beige | beige, sand | |
| hellbraun | tan | |
| Haselnussbraun | hazel | |
| braun | brown | |
| Lederbraun | leather brown | |
| Schokoladenbraun | chocolate brown | |
| dunkelbraun | deep brown | |
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