brandgul

Swedish

Etymology

brand (“fire”) +‎ gul (“yellow”)

Adjective

brandgul

(now uncommon) (dark, sharp) orange
Synonyms: orange, gulröd

den lagom tjocke katten i sina bästa år, den brandgule glädjespridaren (om Gustaf, den tecknade katten)
the comfortably fat cat in his prime, the orange bundle of joy (of Garfield, the cartoon cat)

Usage notes

Also sporadically of orange-tinged yellow (mustard yellow). Perhaps there is some regional variation.

Declension

Inflection of **brandgul**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	brandgul	mer brandgul	mest brandgul
neuter singular	brandgult	mer brandgult	mest brandgult
plural	brandgula	mer brandgula	mest brandgula
masculine plural²	brandgule	mer brandgula	mest brandgula

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	brandgule	mer brandgule	mest brandgule
all	brandgula	mer brandgula	mest brandgula

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

References

“brandgul”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“brandgul”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“brandgul”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)