القماش ده لونه غامق.

This fabric is dark-colored.

Breakdown of القماش ده لونه غامق.

• ده: this
• لون: color
• القماش: the fabric; cloth
• غامق: dark-colored

Questions & Answers about القماش ده لونه غامق.

Why does ده come after القماش? I expected something like this fabric in the same order as English.

In Egyptian Arabic, the normal spoken pattern is:

noun + demonstrative

So:

• القماش ده = this fabric / this cloth

This is one of the first word-order differences English speakers notice.
If you put ده first, it usually changes the meaning. For example:

• ده القماش = This is the fabric

So in your sentence, القماش ده is exactly the natural Egyptian way to say this fabric.

Why does القماش have الـ on it if ده already means this?

Because in Egyptian Arabic, this/that normally goes with a definite noun.

So the pattern is not:

• fabric this

but rather:

• the-fabric this

That whole combination means this fabric.

So:

• القماش = the fabric
• القماش ده = this fabric

Even though it looks a little redundant from an English point of view, it is completely normal in Arabic.

What exactly is لونه?