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