Colors

1. rood

   Red

2. oranje

   Orange

   Grammar Note

   "oranje" is the national color of the Netherlands, associated with the Royal House of Orange-Nassau. Dutch sports teams famously wear orange

3. geel

   Yellow

4. groen

   Green

5. donkerblauw

   Dark blue / Navy

   Grammar Note

   "donkerblauw" combines "donker" (dark) and "blauw" (blue). "marineblauw" (navy blue) is also used

6. lichtblauw / hemelsblauw

   Sky blue / Light blue

   Grammar Note

   "lichtblauw" means light blue (licht = light), while "hemelsblauw" means sky blue (hemel = sky/heaven)

7. paars

   Purple

   Grammar Note

   "paars" covers red-purple. For blue-leaning purple, "violet" is sometimes used as well

8. roze

   Pink

   Grammar Note

   "roze" comes from "roos" (rose). The word "pink" is also used colloquially due to English influence

9. bruin

   Brown

10. wit

    White

11. zwart

    Black

12. grijs

    Gray

13. blauw

    Blue

    Grammar Note

    The basic word for blue; shades are formed by prefixing, as in "donkerblauw" (navy) and "lichtblauw" (sky blue). Before a noun it inflects to "blauwe" (een blauwe jas)

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