1. alabaster – very white and smooth.

2. amber – between brown and yellow in colour.

3. amethyst – light purple.

4. apricot – a shade of pink tinged with yellow

5. avocado – with a pale green colour.

6. ash – the colour of ash

7. azure – bright blue.

8. baby-blue – light blue in colour.

9. beige – very pale brown in colour

10. black – having the darkest colour, like the sky at night when there is no light

11. blue – something that is blue is the same colour as the sky on a clear sunny day.

12. bluish – similar to blue or slightly blue in colour

13. bone – a shade of white the colour of a bleached skeleton

14. bottle green – very dark green

15. bronze – an attractive brown colour

16. brown – something that is brown is the same colour as wood or coffee

17. brownish – similar to brown or slightly brown in colour

18. burgundy – dark red

19. canary – having the colour of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

20. caramel – light yellowish-brown in colour

21. cerise – bright red-pink in colour

22. chalk – a pure flat white

23. charcoal – something that is charcoal is dark grey in colour

24. chartreuse – bright green-yellow in colour

25. cherry – a red the colour of ripe cherries

26. cinnamon – light red-brown in colour

28. cobalt blue – a shade of blue tinged with green

29. copper – red-brown in colour

30. coral – with a colour between pink and orange

31. cream – yellowish-white in colour

32. crimson – dark purple-red in colour

33. Day-Glo – extremely bright yellow, orange, pink, or green in colour

34. dove-grey – light grey in colour

35. dun – between brown and grey in colour

36. ebony – dark black in colour

37. ecru – very pale brown

38. eggshell – like an eggshell, for example white-yellow in colour, not very shiny, or thin and
delicate

39. electric blue – very bright blue

40. emerald – bright green in colour

41. fawn – light brown in colour

42. flesh-coloured – the colour of white people’s skin

43. gold – something that is gold is the colour of gold

44. golden – bright yellow in colour

45. green – something that is green is the same colour as grass.

46. greenish – similar to green or slightly green in colour

47. greige – between very pale brown and grey in colour

48. grey – between black and white in colour (gray – the American spelling of grey)

49. hazel – light brown and slightly green or golden in colour, used especially for describing
someone’s eyes

50. ice blue – a very light blue colour

52. inky – mainly literary black, or a very dark colour

53. iron-grey – dark grey in colour

54. ivory – something that is ivory is a yellowish-white colour

55. jet-black – very shiny and black in colour

56. lavender – light purple in colour

57. leaden – dull and dark grey in colour

58. lilac – pale purple in colour

59. lily-white – pure white

60. lime-green – bright yellow-green in colour

61. livid – mainly literary dark purple or blue-grey in colour

62. magenta – purple-red in colour

63. maroon – dark red-brown in colour

64. mauve – pale purple in colour

65. milk-white – the colour of milk

66. milky – the colour of milk

67. navy blue – very dark blue

68. nut-brown – medium brown in colour

69. off-white – slightly yellow or grey

70. olive – dark yellowish green in colour

71. olive – dark grey-green in colour, like many military uniforms

72. orange – between red and yellow in colour

73. orangey – similar to orange or slightly orange in colour

74. peach – yellowish pink in colour

75. peacock blue – dark blue-green in colour

76. pea green – bright green in colour

78. pinkish – similar to pink or slightly pink in colour

79. pitch-black – completely black or dark

80. plum – between red and purple in colour

81. puce – between dark brown or dark red and purple

82. purple – between red and blue in colour

83. purplish – similar to purple or slightly purple in colour

84. red – the same colour as blood

85. reddish – similar to red, or slightly red

86. rose – dark pink in colour

87. roseate – pink in colour

88. rose-coloured – pink in colour

89. rosy – pink in colour

90. royal blue – deep blue

91. ruby – a deep red colour

92. ruddy – red in colour

93. russet – red-brown in colour

94. rusty – red-brown in colour

95. saffron – between bright yellow and orange in colour

96. salmon – orange tinged with pink

97. sandy – pale yellow in colour

98. scarlet – bright red in colour

99. sea-green – green-blue in colour

100. sepia – something that is sepia is a red-brown colour

101. shocking pink – very bright pink in colour

102. silver – light grey in colour

104. sky-blue – the colour of the sky on a bright clear day

105. smoky – light grey in colour

106. snow-white – very white

107. sooty – black or dusky in colour

108. steely – steely blue is grey-blue in colour

109. straw-coloured – pale brown-yellow in colour

110. tan – light brown in colour

111. taupe – a brown-grey colour

112. tawny – between yellow and brown in colour

113. teal – between blue and green in colour

114. terracotta – brown-red in colour

115. turquoise – bright green-blue in colour

116. ultramarine – very bright blue in colour

117. umber – yellow or reddish brown in colour

118. vermilion – bright red or red-orange in colour

119. violet a- blue-purple in colour

120. white – something that is white is the same colour as milk or snow

121. whitish – similar to white or slightly white in colour

122. wine – something that is wine is a dark red colour

123. yellow a- something that is yellow is the same colour as the middle of an egg

124. yellowish – similar to yellow or slightly yellow in colour