Egyptian Arabic Colors — All 26 Colour Words with Audio

26 Egyptian Arabic words for colors, ordered by how often they actually come up. Each one shows the Arabic with diacritics, how to say it, and the franco spelling used in text messages.

ArabicPronunciationFrancoEnglish
أَحْمَر
a7mara7marred
أَزْرَق
azraqazra2blue
أَخْضَر
akhDarakhdargreen
أَصْفَر
aSfarasfaryellow
أَبْيَض
abyaDabyadwhite
أَسْوِد
iswideswedblack
بُنّي
bunnibonnybrown
رُمادي
rumaadiromadygrey
بُرْتُقاني
burtu2aaniborto2anyorange
بَنَفْسِجي
banafsigibanafsegypurple
وَرْدي
wardiwardypink
لَبَني
labanilabanylight blue
بيج
beigebeigebeige
ذَهَبي
dahabidahabygold
فِضّي
faDDifaddysilver
نيلي
niilineelynavy
تُرْكوازي
turkwaazitorkwazyturquoise
خَمْري
khamrikhamrymaroon
زَيْتوني
zaytuunizaytoonyolive green
كُحْلي
ku7liko7lydark blue
فاتِح
faati7fate7light (shade)
غامِق
ghaami2ghame2dark (shade)
مُلَوِّن
mulawwinmolawwencolourful
لَوْن
loonloncolour
أَلْوان
alwaanalwancolours
شَفّاف
shaffaafshaffaftransparent

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