Colors in Arabic: learn basic and advanced color names

Color names are one of the basic things we learn when we start learning any language. With this post, you will find the names of the most popular colors in Arabic such as yellow and red.

You will also find out how to say the word color/ colors in Arabic and you will learn more advanced color names such as marron, ivory, burgundy, or beige.

If you are building your basic Arabic vocabulary check out Nationalities in Arabic, common Arabic verbs, and Arabic prepositions. You can find the full list of subjects here: Arabic Vocabulary Lists

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How to say color in Arabic?

Names of the basic colors in Arabic

Knowing the basic names of colors is most important, so learn those first. Below you will find the most common colors and their names in Arabic.

If you don’t know the Arabic alphabet yet check our post Arabic alphabet – All you need to know to write in Arabic

English	Arabic masculine – transliteration	Arabic feminine – transliteration
White	أَبْيَض – abyaD	بَيضَاء – bayDaa‘
Black	أَسْوَد – aswad	سَوْداء – sawdaa‘
Green	أَخْضَر – akhDar	خَضْرَاْء – khaDraa’
Blue	أَزْرَق – azraq	زَرْقَاْء – zarqaa’
Yellow	أَصْفَر – aSfar	صفراء  – Safraa’
Red	أَحْمَر – aHmar	حَمْرَاء – Hamraa’
Brown	بُنِّيّ – bunni	بُنِّيّة – bunniyya
Orange	بُرْتُقَاْلِيّ – burtuqaali	بُرْتُقَاْلِيّة – burtuqaaliyya
Pink	ّوَرْدي – wardi	وَرْدِيّة – wardiyya
Gold	ّذَهَبِي – dhahabi	ذَهَبِيّة – dhahabiyya
Silver	ّفِضِّي – fiDDi	فِضِّيّة – fiDDiyye
Gray	رَمادي – ramaadi	رَمادِيّة – ramadiyya

Other colors in Arabic

To expand your Arabic vocabulary see the table below for additional color names. Learn how to say ivory, maroon, and more in Arabic.

English	Arabic masculine – transliteration	Arabic feminine – transliteration
Ivory	3aaji – عاجي	3aajiyya – عاجيّة
Maroon	كَسْتَنائي – kastanaa’i	كَسْتَنائيّة – kastanaa’iyya
Khaki	كاكيّ – kaaki	كاكِيّة – kaakiyya
Purple	أُرْجُوَاني – urjuwaani بَنَفْسَجيّ – banafsaji	أُرْجُوَانيّة – urjuwaaniyya بَنَفْسَجِيّة – banafsajiyya
Turquoise	ّفيروزي – firuuzi	فيروزِيّة – firuuziya
Olive green	ّزَيْتِي- zayti	زَيْتِيّة- zaytiyya
Scarlet	ّقِرمِزي – qirmizi	قِرمِزِيّة – qirmiziyya
Navy blue	ّكُحْلي – kuHli	كُحْليّة – kuHliyya
Beige	بيج – bayj
Blond, fair-skinned (referring to people)	أَشْقَر – ashqar	شَقْراء – shaqraa’
Brown-skinned	أسْمَر – asmar	سَمْراء – samraa’
Colorless	عَديم اللون 3adeem al-lawn	عَديمة اللون 3adeema al-lawn
Burgundy	ّبُرْغونْدي – burghundi	بُرْغونْديّة – burghundiyya

Adjectives related to colors in Arabic

To further describe colors you will need additional adjectives. Below you will find the most common adjectives to describe colors in Arabic.

See also: basic Arabic adjectives for beginners.

English	Arabic	Transliteration
Dark	غامِق	ghaamiq
Light	فاتِح	faatiH
Colorful, colored	مُلوّن	mulawwan
Shiny	لامِع	laami3
Pale	باهِت	baahit
Transparent	شَفّاف	shaffaaf

Colors Worksheet

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Learn with a song

If you have trouble remembering the names of the colors you can listen to children’s songs such as this one.

Quiz

Quizzes are a great tool to practice your vocabulary. All the Arabic vocabulary lists on our website contain quizzes at the end of each lesson, to help you remember newly learned words. To check more Arabic Quizzes go to -> Selfarabic – Arabic Vocabulary Quizzes