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Updated: 01 April 2008
Contributors: 4jpz, cute_angel0858, mannybheck, Vieran, wormz
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Here are Filipino words for colors.

Colors: Kulay

Black – Itim or Uling (Uling is the literal meaning of charcoal)
White – Puti
Brown – Kayumanggi or Kape (kape is the literal meaning of coffee)
Gray – Abo (abo literally means ash)
Red – Pula
Orange – Kahel or Dalandan (dalandan is the name for the orange fruit, as well)
Yellow – Dilaw
Green – Luntian or Berde
Blue – Bughaw or Asul (from the Spanish word "azul")
Violet – Lila or Ube (ube is also the name for purple yam)
Pink – Kulay rosas or Malarosas or Rosas
Gold – Ginto
Silver – Pilak
Bronze – Tanso
Peach – Melokoton or Melokoton
Indigo – Tina or Tayum

When such colors is applied to skin tone, a Filipino will say:
fair – maputi
dark – maitim

When colors are described through color values/saturation:
light - mapusyaw
intense - matingkad


Notes:

• If you have more Filipino terms for colors, kindly post it here.
• If you have further questions, post your queries, comments, appreciations here…

Have fun learning Filipino languages!!!

hee I never realized I never knew how to say black or brown in tagalog! lol The beauty of Tagalog is that you can pretty much substitute english or even spanish if you don't know the word lol. Looking forward to the other articles now!

I think you meant Filipino. Tagalog stayed true to its original form without adaptations whereas Filipino language has evolved from different languages namely Tagalog, English, Spanish, Cebuano, Ilonggo, Ilocano and other local languages. It's the Filipino language that uses substitutions... some accepted Filipino words now can not be understood by a Tagalog (someone who grew up in the Tagalog region) like "kawatan" or thief.

ah! I learned something else today! I always thought it was wrong to say "Do you speak Filipino?!" Because Tagalog was the language to me and Filipino the race!

The Tagalogs consider the language they used Tagalog whereas the non-Tagalogs call the language Filipino because, well, they're not Tagalogs... kinda confusing huh?!? lol... Let's just say that Filipino is the widely used form esp. in areas which is the hub of different ethnic groups thus use different local languages. It is the language used by the mass media so, one could say, it's the hybrid variety of Tagalog... lol

For sometime, the Filipino language was also called Pilipino so some still used that name...

additional:

pink- kulay rosas/rosa
gold- ginto
silver-pilak
peach- melokoton/milokoton
indigo- tayum/tina

I never heard of melokoton and tayum before! lol... Thanks for the additions, Vieran... I just added them up on the main post

thanks for all your help in regard to the language

how about fuschia and periwinkle?

fuschia -> in tagalog "pula na lang"