common colours

brown

brown [adjective]

having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee

US /braʊn/ 
UK /braʊn/ 
brown - قهوه ای

قهوه ای

مثال: 

brown eyes

چشم های قهوه ای

having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee

brown - قهوه ای
معادل فارسی: 

قهوه ای

مثال انگلیسی: 

brown eyes

چشم های قهوه ای

Oxford Essential Dictionary

brown

 adjective, noun (browner, brownest)
having the colour of earth or wood:
brown eyes
I go brown (= my skin becomes brown) as soon as I sit in the sun.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

brown

I. brown1 S2 W2 /braʊn/ BrE AmE adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: brun]
1. having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee:
dark brown hair
2. having skin that has been turned brown by the sun:
He’d been on vacation and looked very brown.
He was as brown as a berry after two weeks in the sun.
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ types of brown
light/pale brown a light brown jacket
dark/deep brown dark brown eyes
warm brown a warm brown shade
rich brown a rich brown colour
reddish brown The earth was reddish brown.
golden brown Cook until the cheese is golden brown.
rusty brown (=an orange-brown colour) It was autumn and the leaves were already rusty brown.
muddy brown the muddy brown water of the river
chestnut brown (=a red-brown colour) a beautiful chestnut brown horse
chocolate brown He was wearing a chocolate brown pullover.
II. brown2 BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
the colour of earth, wood, or coffee:
This particular model is available in brown, white, or grey.
the browns and greens of the landscape

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

brown

brown [brown browns browned browning browner brownest] adjective, noun, verb   [braʊn]    [braʊn] 

adjective (brown·er, brown·est)
1. having the colour of earth or coffee
brown eyes
brown bread
dark brown shoe polish

a package wrapped in brown paper

2. having skin that is naturally brown or has been made brown by the sun: (BrE) I don't go brown very easily.
After the summer in Spain, the children were brown as berries.  
Word Origin:
Old English brūn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bruin and German braun.  
Example Bank:
The once-green fields were now uniformly brown.
a lovely warm brown colour
her dark brown eyes
monkeys with bright brown fur
He looked very brown after the cruise.
bright brown eyes

lovely warm browns and golds

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

brown / braʊn / noun [ C or U ]

A1 the colour of chocolate or soil:

dark/light brown

brown adjective

A1

Both my parents have curly brown hair.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

brown

/braʊn/
(browner, brownest, browns, browning, browned)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
...her deep brown eyes...
The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns.
COLOUR

2.
You can describe a white-skinned person as brown when they have been sitting in the sun until their skin has become darker than usual.
I don’t want to be really really brown, just have a nice light golden colour.
= tanned
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

3.
A brown person is someone who belongs to a race of people who have brown-coloured skins.
...a slim brown man with a speckled turban.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

4.
Brown is used to describe grains that have not had their outer layers removed, and foods made from these grains.
...brown bread.
...spicy tomato sauce served over a bed of brown rice.
white
ADJ: usu ADJ n

5.
When food browns or when you brown food, you cook it, usually for a short time on a high flame.
Cook for ten minutes until the sugar browns...
He browned the chicken in a frying pan.
VERB: V, V n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1brown /ˈbraʊn/ adj -er; -est
1 : having a color like coffee or chocolate
• a brown cow
• The door was brown.
2 : having dark or tanned skin
• workers whose backs are brown from long hours in the sun

purple

purple [adjective] (COLOUR)

having a dark colour that is a mixture of red and blue

US /ˈpɝː.pəl/ 
UK /ˈpɜː.pəl/ 
purple - بنفش

بنفش

مثال: 

A purple flower 

یک گل بنفش

having a dark colour that is a mixture of red and blue

purple - بنفش
معادل فارسی: 

بنفش

مثال انگلیسی: 

A purple flower 

یک گل بنفش

Oxford Essential Dictionary

purple

 adjective
with a colour between red and blue

>> purple noun:
She often wears purple.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

II. purple2 BrE AmE adjective
1. having a dark colour that is a mixture of red and blue
2. purple with rage/purple in the face etc with a face that is dark red, caused by anger:
His face turned purple with rage.
3. purple patch a time when you are very successful – used especially in news reports:
Steve’s purple patch continued with a second victory on Tuesday.
4. purple prose/passage writing that uses difficult or unusual words – used in order to show disapproval

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

purple

I. pur·ple [purple purples purpled purpling]   [ˈpɜːpl]    [ˈpɜːrpl]  adjective
1. having the colour of blue and red mixed together
a purple flower

His face was purple with rage.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

purple / ˈpɜː.pl̩ /   / ˈpɝː- / adjective (COLOUR)

A2 of a dark reddish-blue colour:

purple plums

a dark purple bruise

purple in the face/purple with rage

dark red in the face because of anger

purpleness / -nəs / noun [ U ]

purple / ˈpɜː.pl̩ /   / ˈpɝː- / adjective UK (STYLE)

describes a piece of writing that is complicated or sounds false because the writer has tried too hard to make the style interesting:

Despite occasional patches of purple prose , the book is mostly clear and incisive.

purpleness / -nəs / noun [ U ]

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

purple

/pɜ:(r)p(ə)l/
(purples)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is purple is of a reddish-blue colour.
She wore purple and green silk.
...sinister dark greens and purples.
COLOUR

2.
Purple prose or a purple patch is a piece of writing that contains very elaborate language or images.
...passages of purple prose describing intense experiences.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

purple

2purple adj pur·pler; pur·plest
1 : of the color purple
purple grapes/tulips
2 disapproving : using many fancy words
• The book contains a few purple passages.
• Her writing was full of purple prose.

blue

blue [adjective] (COLOUR)

having the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day

US /bluː/ 
UK /bluː/ 
blue - آبی

آبی

مثال: 

the blue waters of the lake

آب های آبی دریاچه

having the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day

blue - آبی
معادل فارسی: 

آبی

مثال انگلیسی: 

the blue waters of the lake

آب های آبی دریاچه

Oxford Essential Dictionary

blue

 adjective (bluer, bluest)
having the colour of a clear sky when the sun shines:
He wore a blue shirt.
dark blue curtains
Her eyes are bright blue.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

blue

I. blue1 S1 W2 /bluː/ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: blou]
1. having the colour of the sky or the sea on a fine day ⇨ navy, navy blue:
the blue waters of the lake
dark/light/pale/bright blue
a dark blue raincoat
2. [not before noun] informal sad and without hope SYN depressed:
I’ve been feeling kind of blue.
3. informal blue jokes, stories etc are about sex, in a way that might offend some people ⇨ ↑blue movie
4. argue/talk etc till you’re blue in the face informal to argue, talk etc about something a lot, but without achieving what you want:
You can tell them till you’re blue in the face, but they’ll still do what they want.
5. blue with cold especially British English someone who is blue with cold looks extremely cold
6. go blue British English if someone goes blue, their skin becomes blue because they are cold or cannot breathe properly
7. talk a blue streak American English informal to talk very quickly without stopping
—blueness noun [uncountable]
⇨ ↑black and blue, ⇨ once in a blue moon at ↑once1(15), ⇨ scream blue murder at ↑scream1(1)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blue

blue [blue blues blued bluing blueing bluer bluest] adjective, noun   [bluː]    [bluː] 

adjective (bluer, blu·est)
1. having the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day
• piercing blue eyes

• a blue shirt

2. (of a person or part of the body) looking slightly blue in colour because the person is cold or cannot breathe easily

• Her hands were blue with cold.

3. (informal) sad
Syn:  depressed

• He'd been feeling blue all week.

4. films/movies, jokes or stories that are blue are about sex

• a blue movie

5. (politics) (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Democratic candidate than the Republican one
blue states/counties
Opp:  red
see also  true-blue
more at (beat sb) black and blue at  black  adj., between the devil and the deep blue sea at  devil, once in a blue moon at  once  adv., scream blue murder at  scream  v.  
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’.  
Example Bank:
• a navy blue jumper

• her vivid blue eyes

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

blue / bluː / adjective (COLOUR)

A1 of the colour of the sky without clouds on a bright day, or a darker or lighter type of this:

a faded blue shirt

pale blue eyes

Her hands were blue with cold (= slightly blue because of the cold) .

 

blueness / ˈbluː.nəs / noun [ U ]
 

blue / bluː / adjective (SEXUAL)

showing or mentioning sexual activity in a way that offends many people:

a blue joke

a blue movie/film

His humour is a bit too blue for my tastes.
 

blue / bluː / adjective [ after verb ] informal (SAD)

C2 feeling or showing sadness:

He's been a bit blue since he failed his exams.

→  See also have the blues

 

blueness / ˈbluː.nəs / noun [ U ]

 

blue / bluː / adjective (MEAT)

( also ˌ extra- ˈ rare ) (of meat) cooked so that it is still very red

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

blue

/blu:/
(bluer, bluest, blues)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky...
She fixed her pale blue eyes on her father’s.
...colourful blues and reds.
COLOUR

2.
The blues is a type of music which was developed by African American musicians in the southern United States. It is characterized by a slow tempo and a strong rhythm.
N-PLURAL: the N

3.
If you have got the blues, you feel sad and depressed. (INFORMAL)
Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.
N-PLURAL: the N

4.
If you are feeling blue, you are feeling sad or depressed, often when there is no particular reason. (INFORMAL)
There’s no earthly reason for me to feel so blue.
= down
ADJ: v-link ADJ

5.
Blue films, stories, or jokes are about sex.
...a secret stash of porn mags and blue movies.
ADJ: ADJ n

6.
If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly.
One of them wrote to us out of the blue several years later.
PHRASE

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1blue /ˈbluː/ adj blu·er; blu·est
1 : having the color of the clear sky
• a blue house/car/shirt/pen
• his bright blue eyes
• the deep blue ocean
- see also baby blue, black-and-blue, cobalt blue, navy blue, royal blue, sky blue, true-blue
2 : sad or unhappy
• Are you feeling blue?
- see also blues
blue in the face
✦If you do something until you are blue in the face, you do it for a very long time without having any success or making any difference.
• I talked to him until I was blue in the face, but he wouldn't listen to me.
blue with cold or blue from the cold chiefly Brit of a person or body part : blue from being exposed to cold for too long
• Her hands and feet are blue with cold.
• He was shivering and blue from the cold.
go blue Brit : to turn blue from being cold or not breathing
• The baby stopped breathing and went blue.
talk a blue streak US : to talk rapidly and without stopping
• Sheesh! Your friend really talks a blue streak!
- blue·ness noun [noncount]
• the blueness of the ocean

green

green [adjective] (COLOUR)

having the colour of grass or leaves

US /ɡriːn/ 
UK /ɡriːn/ 
green - سبز

سبز

مثال: 

green beans 

لوبیای سبز

having the colour of grass or leaves

green - سبز
معادل فارسی: 

سبز

مثال انگلیسی: 

green beans 

لوبیای سبز

Oxford Essential Dictionary

adjective (greener, greenest)

1 with the colour of leaves and grass:
My brother has green eyes.
a dark green shirt

2 covered with grass or other plants:
green fields

3 connected with protecting the environment or the natural world:
green products (= that do not damage the environment)

 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

green

I. green1 S1 W2 /ɡriːn/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: ↑green, ↑greenery, greens, the greening; adjective: ↑green, ↑greenish; verb: ↑green]
[Language: Old English; Origin: grene]
1. COLOUR having the colour of grass or leaves:
beautiful green eyes
Raw coffee beans are green in colour.
dark/light/pale/bright green
a dark green dress ⇨ ↑bottle green, ↑lime green, ↑pea green, ⇨ olive green at ↑olive(3)
2. GRASSY covered with grass, trees, bushes etc:
green fields
3. FRUIT/PLANT not yet ready to be eaten, or very young:
The bananas are still green.
tiny green shoots of new grass
4. ENVIRONMENT
a) (also Green) [only before noun] connected with the environment or its protection:
green issues such as the greenhouse effect and global warming
He was an early champion of green politics.
b) harming the environment as little as possible:
We need to develop greener cleaning products.
The industry has promised to go green (=change so that it harms the environment less).
5. WITHOUT EXPERIENCE informal young and lacking experience SYN naive:
I was pretty green then; I had a lot of things to learn.
6. ILL informal looking pale and unhealthy because you are ill:
George looked a bit green the next morning.
look green about/around the gills (=look pale and ill)
7. green with envy wishing very much that you had something that someone else has
8. the green-eyed monster literary ↑jealousy – often used humorously
9. have green fingers British English, have a green thumb American English to be good at making plants grow
10. the green stuff American English informal money
—greenness noun [uncountable]
• • •
THESAURUS
environmentally friendly not harmful to the environment: Cycling is very environmentally friendly. | environmentally friendly holidays | Is there such a thing as an environmentally friendly car?
eco-friendly [usually before noun] not harmful to the environment – used especially about products: We always try to use eco-friendly cleaning products. | eco-friendly coffins made from newspapers
green [usually before noun] not harmful to the environment – used especially in the following phrases: green products | green technology | green energy | It was voted the greenest building in Britain.
clean [usually before noun] clean fuels or forms of energy do not release any harmful substances into the atmosphere: We need cleaner fuels for cars and other road vehicles. | clean energy sources such as solar panels and wind turbines
renewable renewable energy comes from sources that can be easily replaced naturally, so that there is always more available: The building is heated using renewable energy from the sun. | The government needs to invest more in renewable energy sources. | Wind power is renewable and produces no greenhouse gases during operation.
sustainable using the earth’s resources, without causing damage to the environment – used especially about farming, ways of living, and development: The flowers are produced to high environmental standards using sustainable farming methods. | Many people want to lead more sustainable lifestyles and to conserve the planet’s resources. | sustainable use of the world’s resources
carbon-neutral balancing the amount of carbon gases that you put into the earth’s atmosphere with other activities that will effectively reduce the amount of carbon gases, for example by planting trees: a carbon-neutral company | Stirling is aiming to become the UK’s first carbon neutral city. | All new homes will be carbon-neutral.
low-carbon [usually before noun] producing only a small amount of carbon: Research is being done into the development of low-carbon electricity. | We will need to have a low-carbon economy.
low-energy [usually before noun] low-energy buildings and lightbulbs use very little energy: Position is a key factor in the design of a low-energy house.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

green

green [green greens greened greening greener greenest] adjective, noun, verb   [ɡriːn]    [ɡriːn] 

adjective (green·er, green·est

COLOUR
1. having the colour of grass or the leaves of most plants and trees
• green beans

• Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights).  

COVERED WITH GRASS

2. covered with grass or other plants
green fields/hills

• After the rains, the land was green with new growth.  

FRUIT

3. not yet ready to eat

• green tomatoes  

POLITICS

4. concerned with the protection of the environment; supporting the protection of the environment as a political principle
green politics
• Try to adopt a greener lifestyle.

• the Green Party  

PERSON

5. (informal) (of a person) young and lacking experience

• The new trainees are still very green.

6. (of a person or their skin) being a pale colour, as if the person is going to vomit
It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
more at the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) at  grass  n.  
Word Origin:
Old English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass  and grow.  
Example Bank:
an olive green carpet
the lush green grass
wearing an emerald green dress
It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
Idiom: green with envy

Derived Words: greening  greenness 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

green / ɡriːn / adjective (COLOUR)

A1 of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour of grass:

green vegetables

 

greenness / ˈɡriːn.nəs / noun [ U ]

the quality of being green:

What first struck her when she arrived in England was the greenness of the countryside.
 

green / ɡriːn / adjective (POLITICAL)

B2 relating to the protection of the environment:

green politics/issues

a green campaigner/activist

the Green Party

go green to do more to protect nature and the environment:

The Chancellor proposed a crackdown on car and plane emissions, and the introduction of tax incentives to go green.

 

greenness / ˈɡriːn.nəs / noun [ U ]

the quality of being green:

What first struck her when she arrived in England was the greenness of the countryside.
 

green / ɡriːn / adjective (PLANTS)

B1 covered with grass, trees, and other plants:

the green hills of Ireland

 

greenness / ˈɡriːn.nəs / noun [ U ]

the quality of being green:

What first struck her when she arrived in England was the greenness of the countryside.
 

green / ɡriːn / adjective (NOT READY)

(especially of fruit) not ready to eat, or (of wood) not dry enough to use:

green bananas/tomatoes

 

greenness / ˈɡriːn.nəs / noun [ U ]

the quality of being green:

What first struck her when she arrived in England was the greenness of the countryside.

 

green / ɡriːn / adjective (NOT EXPERIENCED)

not experienced or trained:

I was very green when I started working there.

 

greenness / ˈɡriːn.nəs / noun [ U ]

the quality of being green:

What first struck her when she arrived in England was the greenness of the countryside.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

green

/gri:n/
(greens, greener, greenest)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Green is the colour of grass or leaves.
...shiny red and green apples...
Yellow and green together make a pale green.
COLOUR

2.
A place that is green is covered with grass, plants, and trees and not with houses or factories.
Cairo has only thirteen square centimetres of green space for each inhabitant.
ADJ
green‧ness
...the lush greenness of the river valleys.
N-UNCOUNT

3.
Green issues and political movements relate to or are concerned with the protection of the environment.
The power of the Green movement in Germany has made that country a leader in the drive to recycle more waste materials.
ADJ: ADJ n

4.
If you say that someone or something is green, you mean they harm the environment as little as possible.
...trying to persuade governments to adopt greener policies...
ADJ
green‧ness
A Swiss company offers to help environmental investors by sending teams round factories to ascertain their greenness.
N-UNCOUNT

5.
Greens are members of green political movements.
The Greens see themselves as a radical alternative to the two major British political parties.
N-COUNT: usu pl

6.
A green is a smooth, flat area of grass around a hole on a golf course.
...the 18th green.
N-COUNT

7.
A green is an area of land covered with grass, especially in a town or in the middle of a village.
...the village green.
N-COUNT

8.
Green is used in the names of places that contain or used to contain an area of grass.
...Bethnal Green.
N-IN-NAMES: n N

9.
You can refer to the cooked leaves of vegetables such as spinach or cabbage as greens.
N-PLURAL

10.
If you say that someone is green, you mean that they have had very little experience of life or a particular job.
He was a young lad, very green, very immature.
ADJ

11.
If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
PHRASE: v-link PHR

12.
If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well. (BRIT; in AM, use a green thumb)
You don’t need green fingers to fill your home with lush leaves.
PHRASE
 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

green

1green /ˈgriːn/ adj green·er; -est
1 : having the color of growing grass
green leaves
• a green sweater
2 a : covered by green grass or other plants
green fields
b : consisting of green plants or of the leaves of plants
• a green salad
3 : feeling envy - usually used in the phrase green with envy
• His brother's success made him green with envy.
4 a : not ripe yet
green tomatoes
b : not having training, knowledge, or experience
green troops
• When she arrived at the company she was still very green but eager to learn.
5 informal : having a pale or sick appearance
• Our flight hit some turbulence, and half the passengers started turning green.
- often used in the phrase green around/about the gills
• The passengers were looking green around the gills.
6 : trying to protect or meant to protect the natural world : concerned with protecting the environment
• She only buys products from green companies.
• companies that use green practices [=companies that do things in a way that helps to protect the environment]
• finding greener methods of waste disposal
greener pastures
- see 1pasture
- green·ish /ˈgriːnɪʃ/ adj
greenish eyes
- green·ness /ˈgriːnnəs/ noun [noncount]
• the greenness of the leaves/troops

yellow

yellow [adjective] (COLOUR)

having the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg

US /ˈjel.oʊ/ 
UK /ˈjel.əʊ/ 
yellow - زرد

زرد

مثال: 

She was dressed in yellow. 

او لباس زرد پوشیده بود.

having the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg

yellow - زرد
معادل فارسی: 

زرد

مثال انگلیسی: 

She was dressed in yellow. 

او لباس زرد پوشیده بود.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

yellow

 adjective
with the colour of a lemon or of butter:
She was wearing a yellow shirt.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

yellow

I. yellow1 S2 W3 /ˈjeləʊ $ -loʊ/ BrE AmE adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: geolu]
1. having the colour of butter or the middle part of an egg:
yellow flowers ⇨ ↑chrome yellow, ⇨ lemon yellow at ↑lemon2, ⇨ primrose yellow at ↑primrose(2)
2. not polite an offensive way of describing the skin colour of people from parts of Asia
3. (also yellow-bellied) informal not brave SYN cowardly

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yellow

yel·low [yellow yellows yellowed yellowing yellower yellowest] adjective, noun, verb   [ˈjeləʊ]    [ˈjeloʊ] 

 

adjective (yel·lower, yel·lowest)
1. having the colour of lemons or butter
pale yellow flowers

a bright yellow waterproof jacket

 

2. (taboo) an offensive word used to describe the light brown skin of people from some E Asian countries

3. (informal, disapproving) easily frightened
Syn:  cowardly  
Word Origin:
Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.  
Example Bank:
Her teeth were rather yellow.
She wore a pale yellow dress.

Derived Word: yellowness 

noun uncountable, countable
the colour of lemons or butter
She was dressed in yellow.
the reds and yellows of the trees  
Word Origin:

Old English geolu, geolo, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch geel and German gelb, also to gold.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

yellow / ˈjel.əʊ /   / -oʊ / adjective (COLOUR)

A1 of a colour like that of a lemon or gold or the sun:

a bright yellow flower/T-shirt

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

yellow

/jeloʊ/
(yellows, yellowing, yellowed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is yellow is the colour of lemons, butter, or the middle part of an egg.
The walls have been painted bright yellow...
COLOUR

2.
If something yellows, it becomes yellow in colour, often because it is old.
The flesh of his cheeks seemed to have yellowed...
She sat scanning the yellowing pages.
VERB: V, V-ing

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1yel·low /ˈjɛloʊ/ adj yel·low·er; -est [or more ~; most ~]
1 : having the color of the sun or of ripe lemons
• a yellow car
• The raincoat was yellow.
2 informal : afraid in a way that makes you unable to do what is right or expected : cowardly
• He was too yellow to stand up and fight.
3 always used before a noun : containing news that is meant to shock people and that is not true or is only partly true
yellow journalism

orange

orange [adjective]

a colour that is between red and yellow

US /ˈɔːr.ɪndʒ/ 
UK /ˈɒr.ɪndʒ/ 

نارنجی

مثال: 

an orange shirt

پیراهن نارنجی

a colour that is between red and yellow

معادل فارسی: 

نارنجی

مثال انگلیسی: 

an orange shirt

پیراهن نارنجی

Oxford Essential Dictionary

orange

 adjective
with a colour that is between red and yellow:
orange paint

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

2. [uncountable] a colour that is between red and yellow:
a bright shade of orange
—orange adjective:
an orange shirt

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

adjective
1. bright reddish-yellow in colour
yellow and orange flames

There was a warm orange glow in the sky.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

orange / ˈɒr.ɪndʒ /   / ˈɔːr- / adjective

A1 of a colour between red and yellow:

The setting sun filled the sky with a deep orange glow.

 

orangeness / -nəs / noun [ U ]

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

orange

/ɒrɪndʒ, AM ɔ:r-/
(oranges)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is orange is of a colour between red and yellow.
...men in bright orange uniforms.
COLOUR

2.
An orange is a round juicy fruit with a thick, orange coloured skin.
...orange trees.
...fresh orange juice.
N-VAR: oft N n

3.
Orange is a drink that is made from or tastes of oranges.
...vodka and orange.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

2 : a color between red and yellow that is like the color of fire and carrots - see color picture
compare apples and/to/with oranges
- see 1compare
- orange adj
• an orange flame
• He was wearing an orange shirt.
- or·ang·ish /ˈɑrɪnʤɪʃ, ˈorɪnʤɪʃ/ adj
• the cat's orangish fur

red

red [adjective]

having the colour of blood

US /red/ 
UK /red/ 
red - قرمز

قرمز

مثال: 

She often wears red clothes.

او معمولا لباس قرمز می پوشد.

having the colour of blood

red - قرمز
معادل فارسی: 

قرمز

مثال انگلیسی: 

She often wears red clothes.

او معمولا لباس قرمز می پوشد.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

red

 adjective (redder, reddest)

1 having the colour of blood:
She's wearing a bright red dress.
red wine

2 Red hair has a colour between red, orange and brown.

>> red noun:
Lucy was dressed in red.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

red

I. red1 S1 W1 /red/ BrE AmE adjective (comparative redder, superlative reddest)
[Language: Old English; Origin: read]
1. COLOUR having the colour of blood:
We painted the door bright red.
a red balloon ⇨ ↑blood-red, ⇨ cherry red at ↑cherry(3), ⇨ ↑scarlet
2. HAIR hair that is red has an orange-brown colour
3. FACE if you go red, your face becomes a bright pink colour, especially because you are embarrassed or angry
go/turn red
Every time you mention his name, she goes bright red.
4. WINE red wine is a red or purple colour ⇨ white
5. like a red rag to a bull British English (also like waving a red flag in front of a bull American English) very likely to make someone angry or upset:
Just mentioning his ex-wife’s name was like a red rag to a bull.
6. roll out the red carpet/give somebody the red carpet treatment to give special treatment to an important visitor
7. not one red cent American English informal used to emphasize that you mean no money at all:
I wouldn’t give him one red cent for that car.
8. POLITICS informal ↑communist or extremely ↑left-wing political views – used to show disapproval
—redness noun [uncountable]
paint the town red at ↑paint2(5)

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

red

red [red reds redder reddest] adjective, noun   [red]    [red] 

 

adjective (red·der, red·dest)
1. having the colour of blood or fire
• a red car

• The lights (= traffic lights) changed to red before I could get across.

2. (of the eyes)  bloodshot (= with thin lines of blood in them) or surrounded by red or very pink skin

• Her eyes were red from crying.

3. (of the face) bright red or pink, especially because you are angry, embarrassed or ashamed
He stammered something and went very red in the face.
(BrE) She went red as a beetroot.

(NAmE) She went red as a beet.

4. (of hair or an animal's fur) reddish-brown in colour
a red-haired girl
• red deer

see also  redhead

5. (informal, politics) (sometimes disapproving) having very left-wing political opinions

compare  pink

6. (politics) (of an area in the US) having more people who vote for the Republican candidate than the Democratic one
red states/counties
Opp:  blue 
more at paint the town red at  paint  v.  
Word Origin:
Old English rēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rood and German rot, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin rufus, ruber, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’.  
Example Bank:
He could feel himself going bright red.
Mr Grubb was shouting and growing redder and redder in the face.
Ross flushed red with embarrassment.
The coals glowed red in the dying fire.
The leaves looked slightly red.
flaming red hair
her ruby red lips
• Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.

• The traffic light turned red.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

red / red / adjective ( redder , reddest )

A1 of the colour of fresh blood:

red lipstick

The dress was bright red.

A2 describes hair that is an orange-brown colour go/turn (bright) red B2 If you go/turn red, your face becomes red because you are angry or embarrassed:

Look, you've embarrassed him - he's gone bright red!

If your eyes are red, the white part of your eyes and the skin around your eyes is red, because of crying, tiredness, too much alcohol, etc.

redness / ˈred.nəs / noun [ U ]

Her scar healed, but the redness remained for a long time.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

red

/red/
(reds, redder, reddest)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is red is the colour of blood or fire.
...a bunch of red roses...
COLOUR

2.
If you say that someone’s face is red, you mean that it is redder than its normal colour, because they are embarrassed, angry, or out of breath.
With a bright red face I was forced to admit that I had no real idea...
ADJ

3.
You describe someone’s hair as red when it is between red and brown in colour.
...a girl with red hair...
ADJ

4.
You can refer to red wine as red.
The spicy flavours in these dishes call for reds rather than whites.
N-MASS

5.
If you refer to someone as a red or a Red, you disapprove of the fact that they are a communist, a socialist, or have left-wing ideas. (INFORMAL)
N-COUNT [disapproval]

6.
If a person or company is in the red or if their bank account is in the red, they have spent more money than they have in their account and therefore they owe money to the bank.
The theatre is £500,000 in the red...
PHRASE: v-link PHR

7.
If you see red, you suddenly become very angry.
I didn’t mean to break his nose. I just saw red.
PHRASE: V inflects

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

red

1red /ˈrɛd/ adj red·der; red·dest [also more ~; most ~]
1 : having the color of blood
• a shiny red fire truck
• bright red shoes
• dark red apples
2 : reddish brown or reddish orange in color
• She has red hair. [=she is a redhead]
• a red fox
3 of a person's face : pink because of embarrassment, anger, etc.
• His face turns red when he gets angry.
• When she realized her mistake, she turned beet red. [=she blushed]
• (Brit) His face went red with embarrassment.
4 of eyes : having many red lines from lack of sleep, drunkenness, etc. : bloodshot
• Her eyes were red from crying.
5 somewhat old-fashioned informal + disapproving : supporting Communism : communist
a red rag to a bull Brit informal : something that makes a person very angry
• Just mentioning his poor marks to him was waving a red rag to a bull.
not one red cent
- see cent
paint the town red
- see 2paint
- red·ness /ˈrɛdnəs/ noun [noncount]
• There was swelling and redness around the site of the bee sting.

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