Words, Terms & Phrases: Colours: Colourful Munich

Everybody who has ever been to Munich will probably agree with the pro-European owner of this bike: München ist bunt! - Munich is colourful!

 

Which colours is the word "bunt" made of? Click on the drop-down lists and select the missing colours. Then press [Check] to see if you got it right.

 

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By the way, it's probably no coincidence that the colour "braun" (brown) is not included since it is often associated with fascism in Germany.

 

The NSDAP Party headquarters in Munich, for example, was called the "Brown House".

 

And when there is talk of the "braune Gefahr" (brown danger) in Germany today, people are referring to right-wing extremism and neo-Nazis.

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photo: © Dagmar Fischer