| цвет |
noun |
Color |
Tsvyet |
| Plural is цвета (colors). Note that цветы means flowers and is a plural form of цветок. |
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| Белый |
adjective |
White |
Byelyj |
| Russia is too cold to take off your shirt, so Russians have white bellies. |
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| Чёрный |
adjective |
Black |
Chyornyj |
| Picture scrubbing a floor on your knees. This chore will make your knees black. |
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| Красный |
adjective |
Red |
Krasnyj |
| When Russians sit with crossed knees you can see their red socks. |
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| Розовый |
adjective |
Pink |
Rozovyj |
| Russians love roses and love to call people so zovy your roses. |
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| Синий |
adjective |
Dark Blue |
Seeneej |
| You never see Russians' knees because they wear dark blue pants. |
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| Голубой |
adjective |
Light Blue |
Golooboy |
| Голубой also means "gay." Be careful what you describe as golooboy! |
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| Серый |
adjective |
Gray |
Syehryj |
| Gray is a serious color. |
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| Жёлтый |
adjective |
Yellow |
Zholtyj |
| In Russia, caffeinated soft drinks always come in yellow cans, and they have twice the caffeine of American soft drinks, so anything you drink out of a yellow can will make you jolty. |
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| Зелёный |
adjective |
Green |
zyehlyonyj |
| Russians love green jello. But they don't call it "jello," rather they call it "zello," at least when it's green. |
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| Коричневый |
adjective |
Brown |
koreechnyehvyj |
| Corey reaches no levee next to the brown Mississippi River. |
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