| pitch black | intensely black, used about darkness, night |
| pitch | smoła (old) |
| tar | smoła (współcześnie) |
| jet black | intensely black, used about hair, eyes etc. |
| scarlet | brilliant red, the colour of traditional British letter boxes |
| crimson | strong, deep red |
| shocking pink | an extremely bright pink |
| ginger | orangy red, used about hair and cats |
| navy | dark blue, used about clothes, not eyes |
| turquoise | greenish blue, used about fabrics, paints, sea, but not usually eyes |
| beige | a light creamy brown |
| mousy | a light not very interesting brown, used only about hair |
| chestnut | a deep reddish brown, used about hair and horses |