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

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

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Colors

EnglishRussianRussian
(Romanization)		Russian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearсветло
ясно		svetlo
iasno		svetlo
iasno		ru-sing_lightclear
ru-sing_lightclear-2
darkтёмныйtëmnyĭtëmnyĭru-sing_dark
colorcolorцветtsvettsvetru-sing_color
coloredcoloredцветнойtsvetnoĭtsvetnoĭru-sing_colored
whitewhiteбелыйbelyĭbelyĭru-sing_white
blackblackчёрныйchërniĭchërnĭiru-sing_black
yellowyellowжёлтыйzhëltyĭzhëltyĭru-sing_yellow
orangeorangeоранжевыйoranzhevyĭoranzhevyĭru-sing_orange
redredкрасныйkrasnyĭkrasnyĭru-sing_red
pinkpinkрозовыйrozovyĭrozovyĭru-sing_pink
violetvioletфиолетовыйfioletovyĭfioletovyĭru-sing_violet
blueblueсинийsiniĭsiniĭru-sing_blue
greengreenзеленыйzelënyĭzelënyĭru-sing_green
brownbrownкоричневыйkorichnevyĭkorichnevyĭru-sing_brown
greygreyсерыйseryĭseryĭru-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

EnglishRussianRussian
(Romanization)		Russian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
newновыйnovyĭnovyĭru-sing_new
oldстарыйstaryĭstaryĭru-sing_old
smallмаленькийmalen'kiĭmalen'kiĭru-sing_small
large / bigбольшойbol'shoĭbol'shoĭru-sing_largebig
youngмолодойmolodoĭmolodoĭru-sing_young
kind / pleasantдобрый
приятный		dobryĭ
priiatnyĭ		dobryĭ
priiatnyĭ		ru-sing_kindpleasant
ru-sing_kindpleasant-2
unkind / unpleasantнедружелюбныйnedruzheliubnyĭnedruzheliubnyĭru-sing_unkindunpleasant
patientтерпеливыйterpelivyĭterpelivyĭru-sing_patient
tallвысокого роста
высокий		vysokogo rosta
vysokiĭ		vysokogo rosta
vysokiĭ		ru-sing_tall
ru-sing_tall-2
middle sizedсреднего ростаsrednego rostasrednego rostaru-sing_middle-sized
smallнизкого ростаnizkogo rostanizkogo rostaru-sing_small
fatтолстыйtolstyĭtolstyĭru-sing_fat
thin / slimтонкий
худой		tonkiĭ
khudoĭ		tonkiĭ
khudoĭ		ru-sing_thinslim
ru-sing_thinslim-2
nice / prettyМилый
любезный		milyĭ
liubezniĭ		milyĭ
liubezniĭ		ru-sing_nicepretty
ru-sing_nicepretty-2
beautifulкрасивыйkrasivyĭkrasivyĭru-sing_beautiful
uglyуродливыйurodlivyĭurodlivyĭru-sing_ugly
ill / sickбольнойbol'noĭbol'noĭru-sing_illsick
healthyздоровыйzdorovyĭzdorovyĭru-sing_healthy
happy / cheerfulсчастливыйschastlivyĭschastlivyĭru-sing_happycheerful
sadгрустныйgrustnyĭgrustnyĭru-sing_sad
sportyспортивныйsportivnyĭsportivnyĭru-sing_sporty
ambitionedамбициозныйambitsioznyĭambitsioznyĭru-sing_ambitioned
intelligentумныйumnyĭumnyĭru-sing_intelligent
creativeкреативный
творческий		kreativnyĭ
tvorcheskiĭ		kreativnyĭ
tvorcheskiĭ		ru-sing_creative
ru-sing_creative-2
activeактивныйaktivnyĭaktivnyĭru-sing_active
sentimentalсентиментальный
чувствительный		sentimental'nyĭ
chuvstvitel'nyĭ		sentimental'nyĭ
chustvitel'nyĭ		ru-sing_sentimental
ru-sing_sentimental-2
rationalрациональный
разумный		ratsional'nyĭ
razumnyĭ		ratsional'nyĭ
razumnyĭ		ru-sing_rational
ru-sing_rational-2
emotionalэмоциональныйėmotsional'nyĭėmotsional'nyĭru-sing_emotional
naturalестественныйestestvennyĭestestvennyĭru-sing_natural
romanticромантическийromanticheskiĭromanticheskiĭru-sing_romantic
nice / amiableмилый
симпатичный		milyĭ
simpatichnyĭ		milyĭ
simpatichnyĭ		ru-sing_niceamiable
ru-sing_niceamiable-2
spontaneousспонтанный
непринужденный 		spontannyĭ
neprinuzhdënnyĭ		spontannyĭ
neprinuzhdënnyĭ		ru-sing_spontaneous
ru-sing_spontaneous-2
energeticэнергичный
активный		ėnergichnyĭ
aktivnyĭ		ėnėrgichnyĭ
aktivnyĭ		ru-sing_energetic
ru-sing_energetic-2
stressed (out)выделенный
напряженный		vydelennyĭ
napriazhennyĭ		vydelennyĭ
napriazhennyĭ		ru-sing_stressed-out
ru-sing_stressed-out-2
relaxedрасслабленныйrasslablennyĭrasslablennyĭru-sing_relaxed
frustratedрасстроенныйrasstroennyĭrasstroenyĭru-sing_frustrated
talentedталантливыйtalantlivyĭtalantlivyĭru-sing_talented

Questions & phrases

EnglishRussianRussian
(Romanization)		Russian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Как он выглядит?Kak on vygliadit?Kak on vygliadit?ru-sing_what-does-he-look-like
What does she look like?Как она выглядит?Kak ona vygliadit?Kak ona vygliadit?ru-sing_what-does-she-look-like
What is he like?Какой он?Kakoĭ on?Kakoĭ on?ru-sing_what-is-he-like
What is she like?Какая она?Kakaia ona?Kakaia ona?ru-sing_what-is-she-like

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