Words for colours in Portuguese with notes and colour-related expressions.
preto - black, dark, gloomy, awful, raven, swarthy, dun- coloured, dull
branco - white, light, fair, blank, cowardly, paleface, hoary
alvo - white, target
vermelho - red, ruddy, sandy, loud
tinto - coloured, red (wine), rosy, ruddy
ruivo - red-haired
amarelo - yellow, amber
amarelar - to go yellow, old (paper); chicken out
azul - blue
verde - green, unripe, fresh, unseasoned, inexperienced
esverdeado - greenish
marrom – brown, maroon (clothes, shoes)
castanho - brown (hair), tan
moreno – dark (skin, hair)
pardo (paper)
trigueiro - tawny
cor-de rosa - pink, rose, rose-coloured
cor de laranja / alaranjado - orange
pardo – grey (horse)
cinzento - ashen
sombrio - dismal
roxo, purpúreo / morado (of bruise) - purple / violet
Information about Portuguese colours provided by Terry Walsh
Information about colours in Portuguese
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor
http://www.europa-pages.com/lessons/spanish-colors.html
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