Colour words in Spanish (los colores)

negro - black, dark, swarthy, gloomy, atrocious, awful

Shades / expressions

• negro azabache / negro como boca de lobo - pitch-black, coal-black (jet black / as the inside of a wolf's mouth)
• la cosa se pone negra - it's not going well, it looks bad
• lo ve todo negro - he's terriby pessimistic about everything
• dinero negro - hot money (not declared for tax)
• poner negro a uno - to make sb cross, upset sb
• azúcar negra - brown sugar

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blanco - white, light, fair, blank, cowardly

Shades / expressions

• más blanco que el jazmín - whiter than white, as white as snow
• más blanco que el papel - as white as a sheet
• poner los ojos en blanco - to roll one's eyes; to look ecstatic
• dejar a uno en blanco - to disappoint sb
• estoy en blanco - I haven't a clue
• pasar la noche en blanco - to have a sleepless night

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rojo - red, ruddy, sandy

Shades / expressions

• rojo burdeos - maroon, dark red
• rojo cereza - cherry-red
• rojo teja - brick-red
• poner rojo a uno - to make sb blush
• ponerse rojo de la ira - to be fighting mad
• la atmósfera está al rojo vivo - the atmosphere is electric
• rojo de labios - rouge, lipstick

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amarillo - yellow, amber, sensational, gutter

Shades / expressions

• amarillo canario - canary yellow
• amarillo mostaza - mustard yellow
• amarillo paja - straw colour
• sindicato amarillo - trade union which is in league with the bosses

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azul - blue, conservative

Shades

• azul celeste - sky blue
• azul de mar/marino - navy blue
• azul pavo - peacock blue
• azul turquesa - turquoise
• azul ultramar - ultramarine

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verde - green, unripe, fresh, unseasoned, randy, blue, smutty, dirty, pasture, salad, countryside

Shades / expressions

• verde botella - bottle-green
• verde lima - lime-green
• verde oliva - olive-green
• ¡están verdes! - sour grapes!
• viejo verde - randy/dirty old man
• viuda verde - merry widow
• está verde - he's very green (ignorant), he doesn't know anything
• estar verde de envida - to be green with envy
• darse un verde - to eat a lot / one's fill
• darse un verde de algo - to have one's fill of sth / to be all sthed out

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marrón - brown (shoes)
chestnut, maroon; castaño - brown (hair)
moreno - brown (tanned)

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color de rosa - pink

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color naranja - orange

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gris - grey; rucio - grey (horse)

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purpúreo - purple

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