De kleuren van de regenboog worden traditioneel benoemd als (van buiten naar binnen): rood , oranje , geel , groen , blauw , indigo en violet .
The colors of the rainbow are traditionally named (from the outside to the inside): red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
Oranje is de kleur van Nederland – Orange is the color of the Netherlands.
The popularity of the color orange is related to Oranje, the name of the Dutch royal family.The relationship between orange and the Netherlands arose in resistance to Spanish dominance in the 16th century. The leader of the resistance, William of Orange, is the “Father of the Fatherland” (Source: The Dutch, I presume)
All the colors you would ever need
bruin – brown
groen – green
limegroen – limegreen
oranje – orange
rood – red
blauw / indigo – blue
hemelsblauw – sky blue
turkoois – turquoise
wit – white
zwart – black
roze – pink
geel – yellow
violet – violet
lila – lilac, violet
parse – purple
grijs – grey
En maar – and more
zilver – silver
goud – gold
beige – beige
zwart-wit – black and white
licht – light (ex. lichtblauw – lightblue)
donker – dark (donkergroen – dark green)
veelkleurig – multicolored
eenkleurig – one-colored, monochrome
kleurenblind – colourblind
helder – bright, vivid
de tint / de nuance – tint, shade
de toon – hue, shade
Vocabulary:
de kleur (pl.~ en) – color
van – of
de regenboog (pl. de regenbogen) – rainbow
traditioneel – traditionally
benoemed – labeled
als – as
van buiten naar binnen – from the outside to the inside
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