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
darkтёмныйtëmnyĭtëmnyĭ
colorcolorцветtsvettsvet
coloredcoloredцветнойtsvetnoĭtsvetnoĭ
whitewhiteбелыйbelyĭbelyĭ
blackblackчёрныйchërniĭchërnĭi
yellowyellowжёлтыйzhëltyĭzhëltyĭ
orangeorangeоранжевыйoranzhevyĭoranzhevyĭ
redredкрасныйkrasnyĭkrasnyĭ
pinkpinkрозовыйrozovyĭrozovyĭ
violetvioletфиолетовыйfioletovyĭfioletovyĭ
blueblueсинийsiniĭsiniĭ
greengreenзеленыйzelënyĭzelënyĭ
brownbrownкоричневыйkorichnevyĭkorichnevyĭ
greygreyсерыйseryĭseryĭ

Appearance & attributes

EnglishRussianRussian
(Romanization)		Russian
(Stress)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
newновыйnovyĭnovyĭ
oldстарыйstaryĭstaryĭ
smallмаленькийmalen'kiĭmalen'kiĭ
large / bigбольшойbol'shoĭbol'shoĭ
youngмолодойmolodoĭmolodoĭ
kind / pleasantдобрый
приятный		dobryĭ
priiatnyĭ		dobryĭ
priiatnyĭ
unkind / unpleasantнедружелюбныйnedruzheliubnyĭnedruzheliubnyĭ
patientтерпеливыйterpelivyĭterpelivyĭ
tall (When talking about people)высокого роста
высокий		vysokogo rosta
vysokiĭ		vysokogo rosta
vysokiĭ
middle sized (When talking about people)среднего ростаsrednego rostasrednego rosta
small (When talking about people)низкого ростаnizkogo rostanizkogo rosta
fatтолстыйtolstyĭtolstyĭ
thin / slimтонкий
худой		tonkiĭ
khudoĭ		tonkiĭ
khudoĭ
nice / prettyМилый
любезный		milyĭ
liubezniĭ		milyĭ
liubezniĭ
beautifulкрасивыйkrasivyĭkrasivyĭ
uglyуродливыйurodlivyĭurodlivyĭ
ill / sickбольнойbol'noĭbol'noĭ
healthyздоровыйzdorovyĭzdorovyĭ
happy / cheerfulсчастливыйschastlivyĭschastlivyĭ
sadгрустныйgrustnyĭgrustnyĭ
sportyспортивныйsportivnyĭsportivnyĭ
ambitionedамбициозныйambitsioznyĭambitsioznyĭ
intelligentумныйumnyĭumnyĭ
creativeкреативный
творческий		kreativnyĭ
tvorcheskiĭ		kreativnyĭ
tvorcheskiĭ
activeактивныйaktivnyĭaktivnyĭ
sentimentalсентиментальный
чувствительный		sentimental'nyĭ
chuvstvitel'nyĭ		sentimental'nyĭ
chustvitel'nyĭ
rationalрациональный
разумный		ratsional'nyĭ
razumnyĭ		ratsional'nyĭ
razumnyĭ
emotionalэмоциональныйėmotsional'nyĭėmotsional'nyĭ
naturalестественныйestestvennyĭestestvennyĭ
romanticромантическийromanticheskiĭromanticheskiĭ
nice / amiableмилый
симпатичный		milyĭ
simpatichnyĭ		milyĭ
simpatichnyĭ
spontaneousспонтанный
непринужденный 		spontannyĭ
neprinuzhdënnyĭ		spontannyĭ
neprinuzhdënnyĭ
energeticэнергичный
активный		ėnergichnyĭ
aktivnyĭ		ėnėrgichnyĭ
aktivnyĭ
stressed (out)выделенный
напряженный		vydelennyĭ
napriazhennyĭ		vydelennyĭ
napriazhennyĭ
relaxedрасслабленныйrasslablennyĭrasslablennyĭ
frustratedрасстроенныйrasstroennyĭrasstroenyĭ
talentedталантливыйtalantlivyĭtalantlivyĭ

Questions & phrases

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

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