Languages Around the World

Colours usually work the same as adjectives, but there are some exceptions. Color names ending in a do not take normal endings. When they act as nouns they must be capitalised.

Colors

red - rot
pink - rosa
blue - blau
light blue - hellblau
dark blue - dunkelblau
green - grün
yellow - gelb
white - weiß
black - schwarz

orange - orange
brown - braun
violet - violett
lilac/mauve - lila
gray - grau
turquoise - türkis
silver - silber
gold - gold