- black
- schwarz (shvahrts)
- white
- weiß (vighss)
- gray
- grau (grou) – rhymes with “cow”
- red
- rot (roht)
- blue
- blau (blou) – rhymes with “cow”
- yellow
- gelb (gelp)
- green
- grün (gruun)
- orange
- orange (oh-RAHNGSH)
- purple
- purpurrot (“PURR-purr-rhot”), violett (“veeo-lett”) or lila (LEE-lah)
- pink
- rosa (ROH-zah) or rosarot (ROH-zah-roht”)
- brown
- braun (brown)
- silver
- silber (“zsil-bur”)
- gold
- gold (“gold”)
- light –
- hell- (“hell”) as in hellblau
- dark –
- dunkel- (“dune-kel”) as in dunkelblau

