It’s International Color Day, so let’s take a look at the words for the basic colors in Kapampángan! Tell us what your favorite color is in the comments!
Warm Colors
Pink – (1) LARE (malaré), (2) DÍWÂ (maríwâ)
[Tagalog: rósas]
Red – LÚTÛ (malútû)
[Tagalog: pulá]
Orange – KULIÁWAN (magingkuliáwan)
[Tagalog: kahél]
Yellow – (1) PÁPAS (mapápas), (2) DILÓ (mariló)
[Tagalog: diláw]
Cool Colors
Green – ALUNTIANG (mayaluntiang)
[Tagalog: luntían, bérde]
Blue – IRÓ (mairó)
[Tagalog: bugháw, asúl]
Indigo – TÁYUM (magingtayum)
[Tagalog: táyom, anyíl]
Violet – (1) ÚBI (malaúbi) (2) KUNTANG (makuntang)
[Tagalog: úbe, líla]
Brown – KÓMANGGÎ (makómanggî)
[Tagalog: kayumanggî]
Black – TULING (matuling)
[Tagalog: itím]
Gray – ABU (kúlé abu “ash-colored”)
[Tag: abó]
White – PUTÎ (maputî)
[Tag: putî]
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