German/Appendices/Vocabulary/Colors
| die Farbe | the colour | plur. die Farben – the colours |
| rot | red | |
| rosa, pink | pink | |
| purpur | magenta | |
| gelb | yellow | |
| orange | orange | french word |
| grün | green | |
| blau | blue | |
| hellblau | light blue | |
| dunkelblau | dark blue | |
| türkis | torquise | |
| lila | purple | |
| violett | violet | |
| weiß | white | |
| grau | grey | |
| silber | silver | |
| schwarz | black | |
| braun | brown | |
| beige | beige | french word |
| goldfarben | gold | |
| kupferfarben | copper | |
| lila blassblau | purple pale blue | often as a joke |
All these colour names are adjectives, e.g. das rote Buch – the red book. If a colour name is used as a noun (e.g. das Blau des Himmels – the blue of the sky) then it is a neuter noun using the article „das”. In German, all nouns are written with a capital initial letter.