Colours and patterns

Colours

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	black	schwarz	‘I can’t decide whether to buy a grey car or a black one.’
0/0	blue	blau	‘The sea on holiday was light blue.’
0/0	brown	braun	‘I’ve bought a new brown suit.’
0/0	green	grün	‘The grass is very green.’
0/0	grey	grau	‘I think we need to repaint the walls. I don’t like this shade of grey.’ American English = ‘gray‘
0/0	orange	orange	‘The new company logo is orange and green.’
0/0	pink	rosarot	‘Our brand colours are pink and purple.’
0/0	purple	violett	‘I’ve lost my purple woolly hat.’
0/0	red	rot	‘The tablecloth has red and white stripes.’
0/0	turquoise	türkis	‘My new car is turquoise.’
0/0	white	weiß	‘The printer paper is white.’
0/0	yellow	gelb	‘We’re painting the walls white and the doors yellow.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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black

schwarz

‘I can’t decide whether to buy a grey car or a black one.’

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blue

blau

‘The sea on holiday was light blue.’

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brown

braun

‘I’ve bought a new brown suit.’

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green

grün

‘The grass is very green.’

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grey

grau

‘I think we need to repaint the walls. I don’t like this shade of grey.’

American English = ‘gray‘

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orange

orange

‘The new company logo is orange and green.’

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pink

rosarot

‘Our brand colours are pink and purple.’

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purple

violett

‘I’ve lost my purple woolly hat.’

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red

rot

‘The tablecloth has red and white stripes.’

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turquoise

türkis

‘My new car is turquoise.’

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white

weiß

‘The printer paper is white.’

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yellow

gelb

‘We’re painting the walls white and the doors yellow.’

Patterns

Your score	Vocabulary	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	plain	schlicht	‘Do you prefer the plain curtains or the striped ones?’
0/0	striped	gestreift	‘I’ve bought a new striped tablecloth.’
0/0	checked	kariert	‘I was given some checked socks for my birthday.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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plain

schlicht

‘Do you prefer the plain curtains or the striped ones?’

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striped

gestreift

‘I’ve bought a new striped tablecloth.’

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checked

kariert

‘I was given some checked socks for my birthday.’

Other

Your score	Vocabulary	Audio	Translation	Example sentence / notes
0/0	light		hell	‘My car is light green.’
0/0	dark		dunkel	‘I want to buy a dark blue T-shirt.’

Your score

Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

0/0

light

hell

‘My car is light green.’

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dark

dunkel

‘I want to buy a dark blue T-shirt.’

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