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How to say "color" in German

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Farbe
(noun) (fem.) (sing.) color
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Ich mag die Farbe der Jacke .
I like the color of the jacket.
Wähle irgendeine Farbe .
Choose any color.
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Adjective Endings
Diese Farbe ist dunkel .
This color is dark.
Adjective Endings
Das ist eine dunkle Farbe .
That is a dark color.
Adjective Endings
Das ist eine helle Farbe .
This is a light color.
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Hautfarbe
(noun) (fem.) (sing.) skin color
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Die Hautfarbe ist doch nicht wichtig .
Skin color is important though.
Ich sehe nicht die Hautfarbe , ich sehe den Mensch .
I don't see skin color, I see the person.
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What Are Human Rights?
sexueller Orientierung , Hautfarbe , Alter oder sonstiger möglicher Unterschiede .
sexual orientation, skin color, age or other possible differences.
Just What Is Discrimination?
Dabei werden Menschen ander er Herkunft oder Hautfarbe bewusst schlechter behandelt ,
Where people of other backgrounds or skin colors get treated worse on purpose,
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bemalen
(verb) (Infinitive) to color; to paint
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Das Papier werde ich bemalen .
I'll color the paper.
Ich lasse mein Kind die Wand bemalen .
I'm letting my child paint the wall.
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Bestselling Author on the Difficulties of Success
Nein , ich kann nicht euer Garagentor mit Simplify Männchen bemalen .
No, I can't paint your garage door with little Simplify men.
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Denn mit euch können wir Pferde stehlen ... urm , bemalen !
Because with you, we can steal...urm, paint horses!
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Hast du vielleicht immer noch diese Spielfigürchen , die du bemalen wolltest ?
Do you maybe still have those little figurines that you wanted to paint?
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mal...aus
(separable prefix verb) (present) (ich) to fill in; to color in [contraction] "Mal" is a spoken contraction of "male".
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Ich mal die Zeichnungen aus .
I color in the drawings.
Ich mal die Figuren im Malbuch farbig aus .
I color in the characters in the coloring book.
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Colorful Clown Make-Up Tutorial
Und dann geh ich zurück auf die recht e Seite und mal die Augenbraue mit pink er Creme Farbe aus .
And then I go back to the right side and fill in the eyebrow with pink cream paint.
Colorful Clown Make-Up Tutorial
Auf jeden Fall mal ich jetzt auf der Nase noch einen Kreis und mal den auch pink aus .
Now I'll definitely paint a circle on the nose and fill it in with pink too.
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gefärbt
(verb) (past participle) to dye; to dip; to color cloth
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Sie hat die Haare grün gefärbt .
She colored the hair green.
Ich habe die Jeans nochmal gefärbt .
I dyed the Jeans again.
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Easter Treats
In Deutschland werden zu Ostern Eier gefärbt , oder verziert .
In Germany, eggs are painted or decorated at Easter.
Easter Treats
Bunt gefärbt , gehören sie in fast jedem europäisch en Land zum Osterfest dazu .
Colorfully painted, they belong to the Easter festival in almost every European country.
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