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color in Arabic

لَوْن
Pronunciation
lawn
Arabizi
lawn
Type
noun · masculine
Plural
أَلْوَانٌ alwānun
Root
ل و ن

How to use it

لون is the basic word for any hue or shade. It is masculine, and its plural ألوان is used when talking about several colors.

Example sentences

  • أُحِبُّ الأَلْوَانَ الزَّاهِيَةَ.

    uḥibbu al-alwāna al-zāhiyata.

    I love bright colors.

  • الْقَلَمُ أَحْمَرُ وَالْكِتَابُ أَزْرَقُ.

    al-qalamu aḥmaru wa al-kitābu azraqu.

    The pen is red and the book is blue.

  • تُضِيفُ الأَلْوَانُ حَيَاةً إِلَى الرُّسُومِ.

    tuḍīfu al-alwānu ḥayāta ilā al-rusūmi.

    Colors add life to drawings.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Line color

لون الخطّ

Fill color

لون التّعبئة

Data color

لون البيانات

Solid color

لون جامد

Arrow color

لون السّهم

Select color

انتق لونا

color chooser

مختار الألوان

Unknown color

لونٌ مجهول

Foreground Color

لون الأماميّة

Color Management

إدارة الألوان

The orangey-yellow color is the real color of the sky.

اللون البرتقالي-الأصفر هو اللون الحقيقي للسماء.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Wine (color sample #16).

مصدر هذا اللون هو ISCC-NBS قاموس لأسماء الألوان (1955)--عينة اللون Wine (العينة رقم 16).

Questions and answers

Is there a word for ‘colorful’?

Yes, مُلَوَّن (mulawwan) means colorful.

Do Arabic colors have gender?

No, colors themselves are nouns and follow the gender of the word they describe.

Related words and expressions

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