Colors in Arabic

Basic colors in Arabic: أَحْمَر (aḥmar, red), أَزْرَق (azraq, blue), أَخْضَر (akhḍar, green), أَصْفَر (aṣfar, yellow), أَسْوَد (aswad, black), أَبْيَض (abyaḍ, white). Below are all 19 colors from lessons 56 and 57 of the Flashcardly course, each with a picture and native audio.

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All 19 Arabic colors

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Lesson 56 · Clothing & Sizes 7 words

أَسْوَد aswad black

يَرْتَدِي بِن قَمِيصًا أَسْوَدَ.

Yartadī Bin qamīṣan aswada.

Ben wears a black shirt.
أَبْيَض abyaḍ white

تَرْتَدِي بِنْطَالاً أَبْيَضَ.

Tartadī binṭālan abyaḍa.

She wears white pants.
أَحْمَر aḥmar red

أليست الورود الحمراء هي الأفضل؟

A-laysat al-wurūd al-ḥamrā' hiya al-afḍal?

Aren't red roses the best?
أَزْرَق azraq blue

هل الأَزْرَق هو لونك المفضل؟

Hal al-azraq huwa lawnuka al-mufaḍḍal?

Is blue your favourite color?
أَخْضَر akhḍar green

هل تأخذ الفستان الأخضر؟

Hal ta'khudh al-fustān al-akhḍar?

Would you take the green dress?
أَصْفَر aṣfar yellow

هي تحب القمصان الصفراء.

hiya tuḥibbu l-qumṣān aṣ-ṣafrā'.

She likes yellow shirts.
لَوْن lawn color

أي لون تحب؟

Ayy lawn tuhibb?

What color do you like?

Lesson 57 · Colors — Beyond the Basics 12 words

وَرْدِيّ wardiyy pink

أَرَى زَهْرَةً وَرْدِيَّةً.

Arā zahratan wardiyyah.

I see a pink flower.
بَنَفْسَجِيّ banafsajī purple

أَرَى زَهْرَةً بَنَفْسَجِيَّةً.

Arā zahratan banafsajiyyah.

I see a purple flower.
بُنِّيّ bunniyy brown

أرى كَلباً بُنِّيّاً.

Arā kalban bunniyyan.

I see a brown dog.
رَمَادِيّ ramādiyy gray

القطة رمادية.

al-qiṭṭatu ramādiyya

The cat is gray.
ذهبي dhahab golden

الخاتم ذهبي.

al-khātam dhahabī.

The ring is golden.
فضي fiḍḍī silver

السيارة فضية.

As-sayyāra fiḍḍiyya.

The car is silver.
بِيج bīj beige

هِيَ تَرْتَدِي قَمِيصاً بِيج.

hiya tartadī qamīṣan bīj

She wears a beige shirt.
كحلي baḥriyya navy

سترته كحلية.

sutratuhu kuḥliyya.

His jacket is navy.
سَاطِع sāṭiʿ bright

الشَّمْسُ سَاطِعَةٌ جِدًّا.

ash-shamsu sāṭiʿatun jiddan.

The sun is very bright.
شَاحِب shāḥib pale

الطِّفلُ المريضُ شاحبٌ.

aṭ-ṭiflu l-marīḍu shāḥib.

The sick child is pale.
مُظْلِم muẓlim dark

الغُرْفَةُ مُظْلِمَةٌ جِدًّا.

al-ghurfatu muẓlimatun jiddan.

The room is very dark.
مُخَطَّط mukhaṭṭaṭ striped

يَرْتَدِي قَمِيصاً مُخَطَّطاً.

yartadī qamīṣan mukhaṭṭaṭan

He wears a striped shirt.