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change the colour to ruby

Dutch translation: om de kleur van iets naar robijnrood te veranderen

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English term or phrase:change the colour to ruby
Dutch translation:om de kleur van iets naar robijnrood te veranderen

15:55 Aug 16, 2018
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2018-08-19 17:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / change the colour to ruby
English term or phrase: change the colour to ruby
hello, how do I say in Dutch:
"this gives you the opportunity to change the colour of something to ruby (one)"

dit biedt de mogelijkheid, om de kleur van iets naar robijn te veranderen?
or
"naar de robijnen"?
Yevgeni Gerasimenko
Ukraine
Local time: 15:35
om de kleur van iets naar robijnrood te veranderen
Explanation:
In this case 'robijn' refers to the gem. To refer to the color, you should use the word 'robijnrood'.
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Roel Blomsma
Mexico
Local time: 07:35
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5 +2om de kleur van iets naar robijnrood te veranderen
Roel Blomsma


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om de kleur van iets naar robijnrood te veranderen


Explanation:
In this case 'robijn' refers to the gem. To refer to the color, you should use the word 'robijnrood'.


    https://www.ralkleuren.com/ral-classic/ral-3003-robijnrood
    https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/robijnrood
Roel Blomsma
Mexico
Local time: 07:35
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agree  Kitty Brussaard: "Robijnrood" is obviously perfectly fine but note that "robijn" (adj.) would also be a valid option according to Van Dale.
28 mins
  -> Bedankt! ;-)
agree  Gerwin Jansen: robijnrood... helemaal goed
15 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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