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title: "Colors in Russian: 18 Words With Audio & Flashcards"
description: "Learn the colors in Russian: 18 common color words with transliteration, English meaning and audio, plus free flashcards and example sentences."
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published: "2026-06-13T18:20:13.000Z"
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# Colors in Russian: 18 Words With Audio

By [Daily Cyrillic](/about) · Updated 2 Nov 2026

Russian colors vocabulary helps you name the things and situations in this topic. This reference contains 18 Russian words with Cyrillic spellings, transliteration, translations and audio. Learn the words in small groups, read their example sentences and use the flashcards to review them rather than memorising an isolated translation list.

Reading time: about 2 min.

Words

18

Topic

Colors

Practice

Audio and flashcards

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## Word reference

Colors in Russian: 18 Words With Audio
| Russian | Translit. | Meaning | Listen |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| цвет | tsvet | color |  |
| красный | krásnyy | red |  |
| оранжевый | oránzhevyy | orange |  |
| жёлтый | zhóltyy | yellow |  |
| зелёный | zelyónyy | green |  |
| синий | síniy | blue (dark) |  |
| голубой | golubóy | light blue |  |
| фиолетовый | fiolétovyy | purple |  |
| розовый | rózovyy | pink |  |
| коричневый | koríchnevyy | brown |  |
| чёрный | chyórnyy | black |  |
| белый | bélyy | white |  |
| серый | séryy | gray |  |
| золотой | zolotóy | gold(en) |  |
| серебряный | serébryanyy | silver |  |
| светлый | svétlyy | light (shade) |  |
| тёмный | tyómnyy | dark (shade) |  |
| яркий | yárkiy | bright |  |

## Example sentences

-   Это красное яблоко.
    
    Eto krásnoye yábloko.
    
    This is a red apple.
    
-   Мой любимый цвет - синий.
    
    Moy lyubímyy tsvet - síniy.
    
    My favorite color is blue.
    
-   Небо сегодня голубое.
    
    Nébo sevódnya golubóye.
    
    The sky is light blue today.
    

## FAQ

### What is the Russian word for red?

Red is красный (krásnyy). Like most Russian colors it is an adjective, so its ending changes to agree with the noun: красное яблоко (a red apple, neuter), красная машина (a red car, feminine).

### Why are there two words for blue in Russian?

Russian treats dark blue (синий, síniy) and light blue (голубой, golubóy) as two separate basic colors, not shades of one. Both are everyday words, so it is worth learning them as a pair from the start.

### Do Russian color words change their endings?

Yes. Colors are adjectives, so they agree with the noun in gender, number and case. The dictionary form shown here is the masculine singular (for example зелёный); you will also meet зелёная, зелёное and зелёные.

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