Colors in German

Learning colors in German is essential for describing the world around you.

In this lesson, we’ll cover basic and complementary colors, as well as words for different shades (e.g, dark blue, light green).

Here’s a table of basic colors:

Listen to the recordings and repeat the words out loud to get familiar with them. You’ll notice that some German color words are similar to their English counterparts:

Der Apfel ist rot.

The apple is red.

Der Himmel ist blau.

The sky is blue.

While others are completely different:

Die Fledermaus ist schwarz.

The bat is black.

Die Banane ist gelb.

The banana is yellow.

Here are some other useful colors to learn.

Finally, here are two useful key words:

In German, you can combine hell (light) or dunkel (dark) with a color to create more specific shades:

Well done 🎉!

Now you know the German colors! You can use these words to describe subjects or objects in a sentence. Curious about what other adjectives you can use? Head over to the next lesson on German adjectives to find out!