Colors Study Guide

Overview

Norwegian Colors

This guide covers color words and shade words, so you can recognize both a written color name and a color swatch.

Level 1

Colors in Norwegian

rød

red

oransje

orange

gul

yellow

grønn

green

blå

blue

rosa

pink

svart

black

hvit

white

Level 3

More colors in Norwegian

turkis

turquoise

lilla

purple

brun

brown

grå

gray

Level 5

Light and dark shades

Read the shade first, then the base color.

  • lyse- means light.
  • mørke- means dark.

lyserød

light red

mørkerød

dark red

lyseblå

light blue

mørkeblå

dark blue

lysegrønn

light green

mørkegrønn

dark green

lysegrå

light gray

mørkegrå

dark gray