Germanic Languages Comparative Vocabulary: Colors
Colors
| English | German | Dutch | Afrikaans | Swedish |
| red | rot | rood | rooi | röd, rött, röda |
| pink | rosa | roze | pienk | skär, skärt, skära |
| orange | orange | oranje | oranje | orange |
| yellow | gelb | geel | geel | gul, gult, gula |
| green | grün | groen | groen | grön, grönt, gröna |
| blue | blau | blauw | blou | blå, blått, blåa |
| purple | lila / violett | paars / violet | pers | lila |
| brown | braun | bruin | bruin | brun, brunt, bruna |
| black | schwarz | zwart | swart | svart, svart, svarta |
| white | weiß | wit | wit | vit, vitt, vita |
| gray | grau | grijs | grys | grå, grått, gråa |
For Swedish, words are listed in this order: common, neuter, plural.
