{"id":1537,"date":"2014-08-04T17:18:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2014-08-04T17:18:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:18:47","slug":"funny-color-names-in-greek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/funny-color-names-in-greek\/","title":{"rendered":"Funny color names in Greek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1540\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8539\/8705397732_4eaaf8a9f6_n.jpg\" aria-label=\"8705397732 4eaaf8a9f6 N\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1540\"  alt=\"SpeckledOwl under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/08\/8705397732_4eaaf8a9f6_n.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpeckledOwl under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Besides the \u201cmainstream\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/say-the-colors-in-greek\/\">color names<\/a> that we know there are shades of colors which are used in oral speech only. They derive from nouns and some of them are used in a humoristic way and denote bad taste. They end in <em>\u2013\u03b9<\/em> with accent and are indeclinable.\u00a0 Below there is a list of\u00a0 colors with their shades and some examples of their use. The examples are translated literally.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u039c\u03c0\u03bb\u03b5<\/span><\/strong> <em>(ble)<\/em> blue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u039f\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03af<\/strong><\/span> (<em>eenopnevmatee<\/em>): from <strong>\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1<\/strong> (<em>eenopnevma<\/em>)= methylated spirits<br \/>\n\u0397 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b3\u03b9\u03ac \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c0\u03ac\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b2\u03ac\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03cd\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac \u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03b2\u03b3\u03ae\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd <strong>\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03af<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>(Ee yaya mou prospatheese na vapsee ta maleea tees mavra alla telika vgeekan eenopnevmatee)<\/em><br \/>\nMy grand-mother tried to dye her hair black but it came out methylated spirits blue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">\u039a\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad<\/span><\/strong> <em>(kafe)<\/em> brown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u039a\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03bd\u03af<\/strong><\/span> <em>(comodeenee)<\/em> : from <strong>\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf<\/strong> <em>(konodino)<\/em> = night stand<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u039d\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u03c0\u03af<\/strong> <\/span><em>(doulapee)<\/em> : from <strong>\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03ac\u03c0\u03b1<\/strong> <em>(doulapa)<\/em>= closet<br \/>\n\u039f \u03b4\u03ac\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03cd\u03c1\u03c9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b5\u03bd\u03ae\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1, \u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2, \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af \u03b2\u03b1\u03bc\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf <strong>\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03b4\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\/\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u03c0\u03af<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>(O daskalos mas eenai geero sta peneenta, kontos, me vameno komideenee\/doularee malee.)<\/em><br \/>\nOur teacher is in his fifties, short with dyed closet- brown hair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"> \u03a0\u03bf\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03af<\/span><\/strong> <em>(portokalee)<\/em> orange<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong> \u039a\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03af<\/strong><\/span> <em>(karotee)<\/em>:\u00a0 from <strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03cc\u03c4\u03bf<\/strong> <em>(karoto)<\/em>= orange<br \/>\n\u00ab\u039a\u03bf\u03af\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1. \u0395\u03af\u03c7\u03b5 \u03c4\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c9\u03c1\u03b1\u03af\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03cd\u03c1\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03ad\u03b2\u03b1\u03c8\u03b5 <strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03af<\/strong>. \u00ab<br \/>\n<em>(Keeta tee Maria. Eehe toso oraia mavra malia kai ta evapse karotee)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cLook at Maria. She had such nice black hair and she dyed it carrot orange.\u201d<br \/>\n\u00ab\u03a3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03ba\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9.\u00bb<br \/>\n<em>(San perouka eenai)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cIt looks like \u03b1 wig.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u0392\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03af <\/strong><\/span>(<em>vereekokee<\/em>) : from <strong>\u03b2\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03bf<\/strong> (<em>verikoko<\/em>)= apricot<br \/>\n\u00ab\u03a3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b1\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf \u03c7\u03c1\u03ce\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03af\u03c7\u03bf \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5; \u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03af \u03bf\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c1\u03bf\u03b6.\u00bb<br \/>\n<em>(Sou aresee afto to hroma gia ton teeho sou? Den eenai oute portokalee outer roz)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cDo you like this color for your wall? It\u2019s neither orange nor pink.\u201d<br \/>\n\u00ab\u0395\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 <strong>\u03b2\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03ba\u03af<\/strong>.\u00bb<br \/>\n<em>(Eenai vereekokee)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s apricot orange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\"> \u03a0\u03c1\u03ac\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf<\/span><\/strong> <em>(prasino)<\/em> green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong> \u039b\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1\u03bd\u03af<\/strong><\/span> <em>(lahanee)<\/em>: from <strong>\u03bb\u03ac\u03c7\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf<\/strong> <em>(lahano)<\/em>= cabbage<br \/>\n\u039c\u03b7 \u03b2\u03ac\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf <strong>\u03bb\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1\u03bd\u03af <\/strong>\u03bc\u03c0\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03b6\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9, \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03cc\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5.<br \/>\n<em>(Mee valees lapee aftee tee lahanee blouza, den sou paee katholou)<\/em><br \/>\nDon\u2019t put on this cabbage-green t-shirt\u00a0 again, it doesn\u2019t suit you at all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u03a6\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af<\/strong><\/span> <em>(feesteekee)<\/em>: from\u00a0 <strong>\u03c6\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b9<\/strong> = pistachio<br \/>\n\u0397 \u0386\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ad\u03b2\u03b1\u03c8\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bd\u03cd\u03c7\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 <strong>\u03c6\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>(Ee Anna evapse ta neeheea tees feesteekee)<\/em><br \/>\nAnna painted her nails pistachio-green.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00\"> \u039a\u03af\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf<\/span><\/strong> <em>(kitrino)<\/em> yellow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong> \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af<\/strong> <\/span><em>(kanareenee)<\/em>: from <strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03b9<\/strong> = canary<br \/>\n\u00ab\u03a4\u03bf<strong> \u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af<\/strong> \u03c0\u03bf\u03b4\u03ae\u03bb\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u00bb\u00a0 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1.<br \/>\n<em>(To kanareenee poukameeso eenai mia eleenikee teneea)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cThe canary-yellow bike\u201d is a Greek movie.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1542\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1076\/1150921909_7002456ebd_m.jpg\" aria-label=\"1150921909 7002456ebd M\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1542\" class=\"wp-image-1542 size-full\"  alt=\"Dario Sanches under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"240\" height=\"190\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/08\/1150921909_7002456ebd_m.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dario Sanches under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u039c\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af<\/strong> <\/span><em>(moustardee)<\/em>: from <strong>\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ac\u03c1\u03b4\u03b1<\/strong><em> (moustarda)<\/em>= mustard<br \/>\n\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf <strong>\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af<\/strong> \u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03c7\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5.<br \/>\n(Afto to moustardee palto tereeazee me ta rouha sou)<br \/>\nThis mustard-yellow coat goes well with your clothes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\"> \u0393\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9<\/span><\/strong><em> (gree)<\/em> grey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong> \u0391\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03af<\/strong><\/span> <em>(anthrakee)<\/em>: from <strong>\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong> (anthrakas)= coal<br \/>\n\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf \u03bb\u03ac\u03c0\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0 \u03b2\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03b5 <strong>\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03af<\/strong> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03cc.<br \/>\n<em>(Afto to laptop vgenee se anthrakee kai lefko)<\/em><br \/>\nThis laptop comes in charcoal and white.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u03a0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<em> (ponteekee)<\/em>: from <strong>\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03ba\u03b9<\/strong> = mouse<br \/>\n\u00ab\u0398\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5;\u00bb<br \/>\n<em>(Tha mou doseis ta gree botakia sou?)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cWill you give me your grey booties?\u201d<br \/>\n\u00ab\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 <strong>\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af<\/strong>.\u00bb<br \/>\n<em>(Den eenai gree eenai ponteekee)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cThey\u2019re not grey, they\u2019re mouse-grey.<br \/>\n\u00ab\u039d\u03b1\u03b9, \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ac\u2026\u00bb<br \/>\n<em>(Nai, kala)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cOk, whatever\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1541\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/71\/185092747_9c240a557e_m.jpg\" aria-label=\"185092747 9c240a557e M\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1541\"  alt=\"BRAYDAWG under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/08\/185092747_9c240a557e_m.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BRAYDAWG under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"240\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/08\/1150921909_7002456ebd_m.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Besides the \u201cmainstream\u201d color names that we know there are shades of colors which are used in oral speech only. They derive from nouns and some of them are used in a humoristic way and denote bad taste. They end in \u2013\u03b9 with accent and are indeclinable.\u00a0 Below there is a list of\u00a0 colors with&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/funny-color-names-in-greek\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[337492,337491,337489,293063,337490],"class_list":["post-1537","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-canary-yellow","tag-carrot-orange","tag-funny-colors","tag-greek-colors","tag-shades-of-colors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An article about funny colors names in Greek. 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