Turkish Colours
Turkish Colours
| The Farsi Word: siyah black is used for siyah zeytin black olives for eating. Otherwise the word kara black is used for the colour black. The figurative use is: kara düşünceleri [dark thoughts] |
- Another meaning of:
kara is land, shore - karayolları
land roads (network), main roads - karakuvetleri
land forces - kara suları
territorial waters - karaburun
[LIT: land nose]
peninsular
Turkish Qualities of Colours
- The suffix -(i)mtrak is used with colours to produce adjectives of color quality:
It retains the form -mtrak and does not follow vowel harmony rules. - karamtrak
blackish, darkish, dusky - sarımtrak
yellowish, sallow - mavimtrak
blueish, blued, steel coloured - Sarımtırak altuni metalik rengi
Yellowish golden metallic colour - -(i)msi is also used with colours to produce adjectives of color quality:
This suffix follows vowel harmony rules. - morumsu
purplish - mavimsi
bluish
| Turkish | Colours. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour | Intensified Color | ||
| Siyah | Black | Simsiyah | Pitch Black |
| Kara | Black | Kapkara | Pitch Black |
| Beyaz | White | Bembeyaz | Snow White |
| Kırmızı | Red | Kıpkırmızı | Bright Red |
| Mavi | Blue | Masmavi | Bright Blue |
| Yeşil | Green | Yemyeşil | Bright Green |
| Mor | Purple | Mosmor | Deep Purple |
| Pembe | Pink | Pespembe | Shocking Pink |
| Pembe | Pink | Tozpembe | Light (dusty) Pink |
| Sarı | Yellow | Sapsarı | Bright Yellow |
Other Turkish Colours.
| Renk | Color |
|---|---|
| Açık Renkli | Light |
| Açık Renkli | Light Coloured |
| Açık yeşil | Light green |
| Ak | White |
| Al | Red |
| Ala | Variegated |
| Alacalı bulucalı | Many coloured |
| Alaca buluca | spotted |
| Altın Renkli | Gold Coloured |
| Altuni | Gold Coloured |
| Bej | Beige |
| Bordo | Claret |
| Boyalı | Painted, (dyed) |
| Boz | Grey, dun, sienna |
| Çim Rengi | Lime colour |
| Çivit Rengi | Indigo Colour |
| Eflatun | Lilac |
| Galibarda | Fuchsia |
| Gökkuşağı | Rainbow |
| Gökkuşağı Renkli | Rainbow Coloured |
| Gri | Grey |
| Gül Rengi | Rose colour |
| Gümüş Rengi | Silver color |
| Gümüş Renkli | Silver Coloured |
| Haki rengi | Khaki, Olive drab |
| İki renkli, Çift Renkli | Bi-coloured |
| Kahverengi | Brown |
| Koyu | Dark (coloured) |
| Koyu gri | Dark grey |
| Koyu Renkli | Dark Coloured |
| Koyu Yeşil | Dark green |
| Lacivert | Navy Blue |
| Menekşe Rengi | Violet Colour |
| Metalik Rengi | Metallic colour |
| Morumsu Kırmızı Renk | Magenta |
| Nefti | Dark Green |
| Nilgün | Darkish Blue |
| Renk / Rengi | Color / its colour |
| Renkli | Coloured |
| Renkler | Colours |
| Turkuvaz | Turquoise |
| Turuncu | Orange |
| Uçuk Renkli | Lurid |
| Zeytin Rengi | Olive Colour |
The Old Turkish Words for Red Al and White Ak are mostly used in place names and family names.
Otherwise the words beyaz white kırmızı red are used
- Alsancak Red Banner
[an area of İzmir] - Akhisar Whitefort
[a town in Turkey] - Bay Alkan Mr. Redblood
- Alabalık Rainbow trout
- The word kızıl means red-coloured and is only used in natural situations "red-head, red-beard, rd-wing, red deer"
- Kızıldeniz the Red Sea
- Kızılderili American Red-indian
[LIT: red-coloured skinned] - kızılötesi infra-red
- kızıl saçlı red haired
- Kızılay the Red Crescent
[same as The Red Cross health service.] - Kızılırmak the Red River
[the longest river in Turkey.]
