Colors in Malayalam
Learn the names of colors in Malayalam, from the basic red, blue and green to golden and silver. Many color words end in the noun niram (color), so you will often hear forms like chuvappu niram (red color). For some modern shades like orange and pink, Malayalam simply uses the English word written in Malayalam script.
| Malayalam | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| നിറം | niram | color |
| ചുവപ്പ് | chuvappu | red |
| നീല | neela | blue |
| പച്ച | pacha | green |
| മഞ്ഞ | manja | yellow |
| കറുപ്പ് | karuppu | black |
| വെളുപ്പ് | veluppu | white |
| ഓറഞ്ച് | orange | orange |
| പിങ്ക് | pink | pink |
| വയലറ്റ് | violet | purple, violet |
| തവിട്ട് | thavittu | brown |
| ചാരനിറം | chaaraniram | grey |
| സ്വർണനിറം | swarnaniram | golden |
| വെള്ളിനിറം | velliniram | silver |
| ഇളം | ilam | light (shade), e.g. ilam neela - light blue |
| കടും | kadum | dark (shade), e.g. kadum pacha - dark green |
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