Dutch colours game
Twelve colours plus four shades that show how Dutch builds them: lichtblauw, donkerblauw, lichtgroen, donkerrood. Put licht- or donker- on the front of any colour and you have a new word, written as one.
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All seven games take this set. Grid Hack and The Vault both suit it, since the base colours are short and the compounds are long enough to be satisfying to find.
The 16 words you will practise
| Dutch | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| rood | red | roht |
| oranje | orange | oh-RAHN-yuh |
| geel | yellow | khayl |
| groen | green | khroon |
| blauw | blue | blow |
| paars | purple | pahrs |
| roze | pink | ROH-zuh |
| bruin | brown | broyn |
| zwart | black | zvart |
| wit | white | vit |
| grijs | grey | khrays |
| beige | beige | BEH-zhuh |
| lichtblauw | light blue | LIKHT-blow |
| donkerblauw | dark blue | DON-kur-blow |
| lichtgroen | light green | LIKHT-khroon |
| donkerrood | dark red | DON-kur-roht |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the Dutch colors lesson.
7 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
- Grid Hack: 6 rounds
- The Vault: 14 rounds
Questions
Why are lichtblauw and donkerblauw single words?
Dutch compounds rather than spacing, the same habit German has. Light blue is licht plus blauw with nothing between them, and it works for any colour in the set.
Do Dutch colours change with the noun?
Usually they add an -e in front of one: het rode huis, de rode auto. After the noun they stay plain, as in het huis is rood. The games use the plain form, the one you would look up.
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