Colour words in Russian
Words for colours (цвета) in Russian with notes and colour-related expressions.
чёрный (chyórnyj) = black, gloomy, wicked, back (exit), ebony, sable, smutty
Expressions
чёрный кофе = black coffee
чёрный рынок = black market
чёрная смородина = black current
чёрные металлы = ferrous metals (“black metals”)
чёрный ворон = carrion crow (“black crow/raven”)
чёрно-белый = black-and-white
чёрным по белому = in black and white
белый (byélyj) = white, cep (mushroom)
Expressions
белый медведь polar bear (“white bear)
белое духовенство = secular clergy (“white clergyman”)
белая ворона = the odd one out (“white crow”)
белая гвардия = the White Guard
белая горячка = delirium tremens (“white fever)
белый свет = the whole world (“white world/light”)
белый карлик = white dwarf
белый рыцарь = white knight
белый стих = blank verse (“white poetry”)
красный (krásnyj) = red, blushful, burgundy, florid, ruddy
Expressions
светло-красный = light red
тёмно-красный = dark red
красная анилиновая краска = magenta
красная смородина = red current
красное вино = red wine, claret, ruby
Красное море = Red sea
Красная Армия = Red Army
красное дерево = mahogany, partridgewood, redwood
красная рыба = salmon (“red fish”)
красный гигант = red giant
красный перец = paprika (“red pepper”)
красный прыщик = ruby (“red pimple”)
жёлтый (zhóltyj) = yellow, jaundiced, xanthous
Expressions
желтый цвет = chrome, yellow
желтая карточка = yellow card
желтая лихорадка = yellow fever
желтый карлик = yellow dwarf
желтый справочник = Yellow pages
желтая медь = brass (“yellow copper”)
жёлтая пресса = the gutter press
синий (sínij) = blue, dark blue
голубой (galubój)) = aquamarine, blue, light blue, cyan, gay
Shades and expressions
синий цвет = indigo
тёмно-синий = dark blue, navy
синий чулок = bluestocking
голубой крови = blue-blooded
голубая мечта = pipe dream
голубой экран = small screen
зелёный (zilyónyj) = green, verdant, pale, enviromentalist
Expressions
зелёные насаждения = trees and shrubs
зелёный лук spring onion
"Зелёные" = the Greens
коричневый (karíchnyevyj) = brown
Expressions
коричневый цвет = toffy
коричневый рис = brown rice
коричневый сахар = brown sugar
коричное дерево = cinamon (“brown wood”)
розовый (rózavyj) = pink, rose, rosy, blushful, incarnadine
оранжевый (aránzhevyj) = orange
Expressions
оранжевый цвет = orange, tangerine
серый (syéryj) = grey, drab, dim, grizzly, leaden, poky, wan
Expressions
серый с голубым отливом = steel-gray
серый цвет = grizzle
серый хлеб = brown bread
серый в яблоках конь = dapple-grey (horse)
фиолетовый (fialyétavyj) - purple, violaceous, violet
Expressions
фиолетовый цвет = magenta, purple, violet
Other colour-related words
цвет = colour
красочный = colourful
разноцветный = multi-coloured
светло = light (colour)
тёмно = dark (colour)
Hear colour words in Russian:
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Links and sources
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/colors-in-russian/
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Russian/Vocabulary/Colors
http://learningrussian.net/vocabulary/russian-words/colors_in_russian_language.php
https://learnrussianstepbystep.com/en/colors-in-russian/
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/russian/lessons/colors-in-russian
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/russian-english/
https://dictionary.reverso.net/russian-english/
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