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Afrikaans Colors

This is a list of colors in Afrikaans. This will help you find ways to describe the colors of clothes, objects and much more.

Black: swart
Blue: blou
Brown: bruin
Gray: grys
Green: groen
Orange: oranje
Red: rooi
White: wit
Yellow: geel
Dark color: Donker kleur
Light color: Ligte kleur
Colors: Kleure

These examples show how colors are used in Afrikaans. This is a good way to demonstrate how adjectives (colors) are used with nouns and verbs.

The sky is blue: Die lug is blou
Your cat is white: Jou kat is wit
Black is his favorite color: Swart is sy gunsteling kleur
Red is not his favorite color: Rooi is nie sy gunsteling kleur nie
She drives a yellow car: Sy bestuur 'n geel kar
I have black hair: Ek het swart hare

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