Etymology
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From Old Swedish færgha, from Middle Low German verwe or varwe, from Proto-Germanic *farwō. Cognate with German Farbe, Danish farve, Dutch verf and Norwegian farge.
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färg c
- colour; the spectral composition of visible light
- colour; perceived or named class of colours (1)
1952, Hugo Lindh (lyrics and music), “Flottarkärlek [Log driver love]”, performed by Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren:Jag var ung en gång för längesen, en flottare med färg. Alla jäntor var som vax uti min famn. I alla torp, i alla byar hade jag en liten vän, ifrån Norderås till skiljet ner vid Berg.- I was young once, a long time ago, a log driver with color [maybe charming, vital, not gray, etc. – not a (well-known) idiom]. All the girls [somewhat folksy word for girl] were like wax in my arms [embrace]. In every croft, in every village [in all crofts, in all villages], I had a little friend, from Norderås to the log boom [from skilja (“separate”), in the sense of a place where logs are separated] down by Berg.
- colour; human skin tone
- colour; colour television
- (physics) colour; property of quarks
- (heraldry) colour
- suit; card game category
- paint, dye, colourant
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