Colors

1. Pula

   Red

   Grammar Note

   Tagalog colors can be expressed as "kulay (color) + color name": "kulay pula" (red color). Adjectives can precede or follow the noun. Many Spanish-derived color terms are also used (e.g. rosas = pink, kahel = orange)

2. Kahel

   Orange

3. Dilaw

   Yellow

4. Berde

   Green

5. Matingkad na asul

   Dark blue / Navy

6. Mapusyaw na asul

   Sky blue / Light blue

   Grammar Note

   asul (asúl) and bugháw mean blue. Light blue is mapusyaw na asul with linker na. mapusyáw, light or pale, contrasts with matingkad, deep or vivid. Spanish-derived asul, berde and rosas coexist with native pula and dilaw.

7. Lila

   Purple

8. Rosas

   Pink

9. Kayumanggi

   Brown

   Usage

   Also used to describe Filipino skin tone, carrying a sense of ethnic pride

10. Puti

    White

11. Itim

    Black

12. Kulay-abo

    Gray

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