This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Polish. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Polish“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

Previous lesson:

Next lesson:

Colors

EnglishPolishPronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearjasnypl-sing_lightclear
darkciemnypl-sing_dark
colorcolor [Sg]kolor
farba		pl-sing_color
pl-sing_color-2
colors [Pl]kolory
farby		pl-plur_color
pl-plur_color-2
coloredcoloredkolorowypl-sing_colored
whitewhitebiałypl-sing_white
blackblackczarnypl-sing_black
yellowyellowżółtypl-sing_yellow
orangeorangepomarańczowypl-sing_orange
redredczerwonypl-sing_red
pinkpinkróżowypl-sing_pink
violetvioletfioletowypl-sing_violet
blueblueniebieskipl-sing_blue
greengreenzielonypl-sing_green
brownbrownbrązowypl-sing_brown
greygreyszarypl-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

EnglishPolishPronunciation
(Audio)
newnowypl-sing_new
oldstarypl-sing_old
smallmałypl-sing_small
large / bigdużypl-sing_largebig
youngmłodypl-sing_young
kind / pleasantmiłypl-sing_kindpleasant
unkind / unpleasantniemiłypl-sing_unkindunpleasant
patientcierpliwypl-sing_patient
tallwysokipl-sing_tall
middle sizedśredniego wzrostupl-sing_middle-sized
smallniskipl-sing_small
fatgrubypl-sing_fat
thin / slimszczupłypl-sing_thinslim
nice / prettyładnypl-sing_nicepretty
beautifulpięknypl-sing_beautiful
uglybrzydkipl-sing_ugly
ill / sickchorypl-sing_illsick
healthyzdrowypl-sing_healthy
happy / cheerfulwesołypl-sing_happycheerful
sadsmutnypl-sing_sad
sportywysportanowypl-sing_sporty
ambitionedambitnypl-sing_ambitioned
intelligentinteligentnypl-sing_intelligent
creativekreatywnypl-sing_creative
activeaktiwnypl-sing_active
sentimentalsentymentalnypl-sing_sentimental
rationalracjonalnypl-sing_rational
emotionalemocjonalnypl-sing_emotional
naturalnaturalnypl-sing_natural
romanticromantycznypl-sing_romantic
nice / amiablesympatycznypl-sing_niceamiable
spontaneousspontanycznypl-sing_spontaneous
energeticenergicznypl-sing_energetic
stressed (out)zestresowanypl-sing_stressed-out
relaxedzrelaksowanypl-sing_relaxed
frustratedsfrustrowanypl-sing_frustrated
talentedutalentowanypl-sing_talented

Questions & phrases

EnglishPolishPronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Jak on wygląda?pl-sing_what-does-he-look-like
What does she look like?Jak ona wygląda?pl-sing_what-does-she-look-like
What is he like?Jaki on jest?pl-sing_what-is-he-like
What is she like?Jaka ona jest?pl-sing_what-is-she-like

Vocabulary trainer: Colors & Appearance in Polish

How do you say
happy / cheerful
in Polish?

Correct answers: 0Wrong answers: 0

Vocabulary trainer: all lessons

App2Brain vocabulary trainer

Use our free online vocabulary trainer to learn these and many other useful Polish words and phrases

Open vocabulary trainer

Download this lesson

App2Brain vocabulary trainer

If you want to learn Polish offline you can download our free cheat sheet with all the words and phrases in this lesson

Download the free PDF

Previous lesson:

Next lesson:

Beginners guide to learning languages

Download your free language learning guide

Our free 18-page PDF ebook will teach you how to:

  • Get (and stay) motivated learning a new language
  • Achieve 80% of your goals with only 20% of the effort
  • Make your learning experience more fun than ever

Download the free ebook

More Polish lessons

Latest posts from our language learning blog

[fusion_recent_posts layout=’thumbnails-on-side’ hover_type=’none’ columns=’2′ number_posts=’6′ thumbnail=’yes’ title=’yes’ meta=’yes’ excerpt=’yes’ excerpt_length=’15’ strip_html=’yes’ hide_on_mobile=’no’ animation_type=’none’][/fusion_recent_posts]