SELECT 
  q_product_feature_variants.variant_id, 
  q_product_feature_variants.position, 
  q_product_feature_variants.color, 
  q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant 
FROM 
  q_product_feature_variants 
  LEFT JOIN q_product_feature_variant_descriptions ON q_product_feature_variants.variant_id = q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant_id 
  AND q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  q_product_feature_variants.variant_id IN (
    35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 48, 139, 143, 
    6169, 6448, 6453, 7652, 7947, 7987, 
    8071, 8646, 9632, 9717, 9761
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  q_product_feature_variants.position ASC, 
  q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant ASC

Query time 0.00082

JSON explain

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            ],
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            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "color",
              "position"
            ]
          }
        },
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              "lang_code"
            ],
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  }
}

Result

variant_id position color variant
7947 0 Ash Brown
6448 0 blue
7987 0 Cool Red
9717 0 white
7652 0 Bestway
36 0 Black
9761 0 Black&White
8646 0 Blue
39 0 Brown
6169 0 gray
139 0 Green
9632 0 grey
8071 0 Mulberry Purple
48 0 multicolor
43 0 Orange
41 0 Pink
143 0 Purple
37 0 Red
35 0 white
40 0 Yellow
6453 0 Yellow & Blue