Words for Colors in Russian
Here's how to pronounce colors in Russian. It should only take you a few moments to be able to name all the colors of the rainbow in Russian--red, orange, yellow, green, blue, white, and violet. You will aslo find the answer if you are just wondering how to pronounce colors associated with genders--blue for boys, and pink for girls. Whatever your reasons are, learning Russian words for colors is fun and should further improve your essential Russian vocabulary.
| чёрный | black [chyor-niy] | |
| белый | white [byeh-liy] | |
| красный | red [krahs-niy] | |
| синий | blue [see-niy] | |
| зелёный | green [zee-lyoh-niy] | |
| оранжевый | orange [oh-rahn-zhi-viy] | |
| жёлтый | yellow [zhyol-tiy] | |
| голубой | sky-blue [gah-loo-boy] | |
| тёмно-синий | dark-blue, navy [tyohm-nah see-niy] | |
| коричневый | brown [kah-rich-nee-viy] | |
| фиолетовый | violet [fee-ah-lyeh-tah-viy] | |
| розовый | pink [roh-zah-viy] | |
| серый | gray [syeh-riy] |
Agreement with Nouns and Pronouns
The words for colors are adjectives because they describe nouns and pronouns. In Russian language, adjectives must agree with nouns and pronous that they modify in gender, number and cases. For example, if you are talking about seven red baloons (plural) then you need to use the plural form of the color red (красные). You will also have to pick the proper case. If you want to move further than just naming colors and begin to actually use them in conversations, you will need to know different forms of adjectives. The table below shows the plurals of Russian colors, as well as masculine, feminine, and neuter singular forms. Please note, the adjectives below are in the Nominative case. To learn more about cases, please read a lesson about cases in Russian.
| Color | Masc sing. | Fem sing. | Neut sing. | Plural (all genders) |
| black | чёрный | чёрная | чёрное | чёрные |
| white | белый | белая | белое | белые |
| red | красный | красная | красное | красные |
| blue | синий | синяя | синее | синие |
| green | зелёный | зелёная | зелёное | зелёные |
| orange | оранжевый | оранжевая | оранжевое | оранжевые |
| yellow | жёлтый | жёлтая | жёлтое | жёлтые |
| sky-blue | голубой | голубая | голубое | голубые |
| dark-blue | тёмно-синий | тёмно-синяя | тёмно-синее | тёмно-синие |
| brown | коричневый | коричневая | коричневое | коричневые |
| violet | фиолетовый | фиолетовая | фиолетовое | фиолетовые |
| pink | розовый | розовая | розовое | розовые |
| gray | серый | серая | серое | серые |