pitch black | intensely black, used about darkness, night | |
pitch | smoła (old word) | |
tar | smoła | |
jet black | intensely black, used about hair, eyes, etc. | |
jet | semi-precious stone; gagat | |
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, paint, 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 | |
auburn | kasztanowy, a red-brown colour, usually used about hair | |
primary colours | barwy podstawowe | |
pastel colours | pale shades of colours | |
mauve | pale purple | |
strong colours | the opposite of pastels | |
vivid colours | strong, bright colours like scarlet or turquois | |
fluorescent | very bright colours which seem to glow in the dark | |
electric blue/green | extremely bright blue/green | |
tinge of | odcień, domieszka | |
monochrome | jednobarwny | |
bluey | niebieskawy | |
reddish | czerwonawy | |
feel blue | to have depression | |
blue movie | pornographic movie | |
blue joke | a joke referring to sex | |
blue-collar workers | physical or unskilled workers | |
see red | to be very angry | |
red alert | danger a... | |
red flag | danger f... | |
red carpet treatment | special treatment | |
red-letter day | very important day | |
red point of view | left-wing point of view | |
look green | to feel nauseaus | |
turn/ go green | pozielenieć | |
green with envy | to be extremely jelarous | |
green tourism | eco tourism | |
black future | depressing future | |
look as black as thunder | być niesamowicie wściekłym | |
black market | nielegalny rynek | |
black sheep of the family | czarna owca | |
black mark | negatywna ocena, minus | |
grey area | niepewna sytuacja/obszar objęty bezrobociem | |
grey matter/grey cells | szare komórki | |
white as snow | pure | |
whiter than white | pure | |
white as a sheet | blady jak sciana | |
white knuckle | nerwowy, pełen napięcia | |
white-collar workers | office workers | |
magnolia | kremowobiały | |
burgundy | bordo | |
poppy | makowy | |
strawberry | truskawkowy | |
forget-me-not | niezapominajkowy | |
sapphire | szafirowy | |
jade | zielonkawy | |
ruby | rubinowy | |
amber | bursztynowy | |
lime | limonkowy | |
emerald | szmaragdowy | |
cornflower | chabrowy | |
coral | koralowy | |
royal blue | szafirowy | |
multi-coloured | wielokolorowy | |
khaki | khaki | |
buff | płowożółty | |
fawn | płowy | |
peach | brzoskwiniowy | |
sea green | morski | |
salmon pink | łososiowy | |
olive green | oliwkowy | |
flesh-coloured | cielisty? | |
rust-coloured | rdzawy | |
russet | rudawy | |
tangerine | mandarynkowy | |
tan | jasny brąz | |
lavender | lawendowy | |
lilac | liliowy | |
rose | różany | |
greeny-blue | zielononiebieski | |
pearl | perłowy | |
brick red | ceglasty | |
coffee-coloured | kawowy | |
sandy-coloured | piaskowy | |
stee blue | stalowoniebieski | |
smokey-grey | szaro zadymiony | |
brilliant white | olśniewająco biały | |
copper | miedziany | |
mottled blue and green | w niebieskie i zielone cętki | |
bottle green | butelkowy | |
off-white | w kolorze złamanej bieli | |
dazzling white | oślepiająco biały | |
cream-coloured | kremowy | |
golden | złoty | |
silvery gray | srebrnoszary | |
maroon | rdzawoczerwony | |
ingigo | indygo/ciemny błękit | |
charcoal grey | ciemnografitowy | |
purple with rage/white with rage | bardzo się wkurzyć | |
black and blue | converted with bruises | |
as red as a beetroot | czerwony jak burak | |
black look | ponure spojrzenie | |
red light district | dzielnica domów publicznych | |
as black as one is painted | aż tak zły, jak jest przedstawiany | |
green recruits | naiwni/świeży rekruci | |
to be yellow | być tchórzliwym | |
blue with cold | siny z zimna | |
in black and white | written or printed | |
black comedy | czarna komedia | |
rose tinted spectacles | różowe okulary | |
in the red | losing money | |
white wedding | semi-formal wedding | |
blackleg | a person who refuses his union's instructions to strike | |
blacklist | a number of people under suspicion, or in danger of unfavourable treatment | |
caught red-handed | caught in the middle of doing sth. | |
red-tape | an excessive amount of bureaucracy | |
once in a blue moon | very, very rarely | |
out of the blue | suddenly and unexpectedly | |
sb with blue blood | someone of noble birth | |
to be black and blue all over | to be bruised everywhere | |
to give sb a black look | to look angrily at sb | |
to have sth down in black and white | to have written proof of sth | |
out of the blue | suddenly and unexpectedly | |
you can... until you are blue in the face, but.. | I won't change my mind anyway | |
the green belt | area of country side that surrounds a city,in which the costruction of houses is strictly controlled | |
to give sb a green light (to do sth) | to give sb permission | |
to have green fingers | to be very good at growing and looking after plants | |
the Yellow Pages | the telephone directory that contains the telephone numbers of local bussinesses and services | |
a double yellow line | two yellow lines a long the side of a road with mean no praking | |
a Black Maria | a petrol wagon | |
in the red | in debt | |
a white elephant | kosztowny, ale nie przydatny | |
a red herring | wtrącenie odbiegające od tematu | |
a white lie | niewinne kłamstwo | |