25 Colours in Welsh

Colours in Welsh

The colours of the rainbow (Enfys) have extra dimensions to some other languages - the words for colours are different for masculine and feminine nouns and some plural colours and are still widely used in modern day Welsh.

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Colours, plurals and feminine versions of colours to Note

Blue and Green in Welsh

Glas means Blue, Gwrydd means Green. For example, a "blue car" is "Car Glas". But if you wish to describe a field as a "green field", in Welsh it is "Maes Glas", Glas means blue but when describing vegetation such as, leaves, grass, fields, pastures or foliage, glas means green!! 

• Maes glas - green field
• Tir glas - green land
• Ynyslas - green island
• Dail glas - green leaves

Plurals

Some Welsh colours have plural versions that are still in common use today

• Y Gleision, the Blues
• Crysau Duon, Black shirts (also the All Blacks)
• Drysau Gwyrddion, Green doors, 

Masculine - Feminine

Some Welsh colours have feminine versions when describing feminine nouns that are still in common use today

• Het werdd, green hat
• Het wen ar ei phen, a white hat on her head,
• Car gwyrdd, green car
• Pel wen, white ball
• Ty gwyn, white house

25 Colours in Welsh

1. Arian, silver
2. Aur, gold
3. Beis, beige
4. Brown, brown
5. Coch, red
6. Du, black
7. Efydd, bronze
8. Fioled, violet
9. Fflamgoch
10. Glas, blue
11. Glasgoch, violet
12. Gwinau, auburn
13. Gwyn, white
14. Gwyrdd, green
15. Hufen, cream
16. Llwyd, grey
17. Llwydfelyn, beige
18. Melyn, yellow
19. Melyngoch, orange
20. Oren, orange
21. Pinc, pick
22. Piws, purple
23. Piwswyn, purple
24. Porffor, purple
25. Rhudd, crimson

The Colours of the Rainbow, Children's Song

Lliwiau Enfys - Rainbow Colours

Coch a melyn a fioled a glas,
Porffor ac oren a gwyrdd.
Dyma lliwiau enfys,
Lliwiau enfys
Lliwiau enfys hardd.

Red and yellow and violet and blue,
Purple and orange and green,
Here are the colours of the rainbow,
Colours of the rainbow,
Colours of the beautiful rainbow.

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Last updated 20th August 2023