Words for colours in Marathi and some colour-related expressions.
काळा (kāḷā), कृष्ण (kr̥aṣṇa) - black, dark
पांढऱा (pāndhara) - white
लाल (lāla) - red
पिवळा (pivaḷā) - yellow
निळा (niḷā) - blue
Shades of blue
तपकिरी (tapakirī) = brown
गुलाबी (gulābī) - pink
कॆशरी (kessri) - orange
राखाडी (rākhāḍī) - grey
जांभळा (jāmbhaḷā) - purple
चंदेरी (caṅderī) - silver
Other colours
Information about Marathi colours
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Marathi/Common_Colours
http://learn-marathi-from-hindi-kaushiklele.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/list-of-name-of-colours-in-marathi.html
https://www.2indya.com/2015/08/11/rainbow-color-names-in-marathi/
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