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On this page we will go through the colours as acknowledged in the Shona language.
== Colours in Shona ==
In Shona colours are seen in four different categories, '''mavara matema''' (dark colours i.e. blue, black), '''mavara matsvuku''' (warm colours i.e. red, orange), '''mavara machena''' (white colours i.e. white, yellow etc.) and '''mavara tsvuku''' again (bright colours i.e. purple, pink)
=== List of colours ===
==== Basic Colours ====
Let's begin with the basic and most commonly used colours first.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|<big>Red</big>: <dfn>tsvuku</dfn>
|+
|<big>Green</big>: <dfn>girini</dfn>
! colspan="2" |
|<big>Blue</big>: <dfn>bhuruu</dfn>
|-
|-
|<big>White</big>: <dfn>chena</dfn>
|Blue
|<big>Black</big>: <dfn>nhema</dfn>
|Ungu
|<big>Grey</big>: <dfn>pfumbu</dfn>
|-
|Red
|Tsvuku
|-
|Orange
|Ranjisi / Raranji
|-
|Yellow
|Huroro
|-
|Brown
|Mbise / Svundu
|-
|Green
|Zerere
|-
|White
|Chena
|-
|Pink
|Kiwani
|-
|Purple
|Hute / Vute
|-
|Black
|Tema
|-
|Grey
|Pfumbu
|}
 
==== Detailed List of Colours and Shades ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Colour name
!Translation in English
!Etymology
|-
|Ungu
|Blue
|
|-
|Ungwana
|Light blue
| -na is from Chena, unguchena; baby blue or young blue
|-
|Fifu
|Grey-blue
|
|-
|Dhimba
|Dark blue / Deep sea blue
|
|-
|Ndyigo
|Indigo
|from indigo
|-
|Safira
|Sapphire blue
|
|-
|Getsiungu
|Electric blue
|
|-
|Zerere
|Green
|
|-
|Zererena
|Light green
|
|-
|Pfumvudza
|fern / muddy green
|
|-
|Puwa
|Chartreuse, yellow-green
|
|-
|Huroro
|Yellow
|
|-
|Ndarama / Goridhe
|Gold
|
|-
|Ruraza
|Pale yellow
|
|-
|Raranjiro
|Amber
|
|-
|Rushare
|Flaxen / Blonde yellow
|
|-
|Mbise
|Brown
|
|-
|Mbisana
|Light brown
|
|-
|Svundu
|Brown
|
|-
|Tsvichiri
|Mahoganny; red-brown
|as the tree's name
|-
|Ndarira
|Bronze
|
|-
|Vunde
|Tan
|like sorghum, bvunde
|-
|Mdhaka
|Beige
|
|-
|Khakhi
|Kaki
|
|-
|Ranjisi / raranji
|Orange
|
|-
|Tsvuku
|Red
|
|-
|Vomvu
|Scarlet
|
|-
|Shava / Java
|Maroon
|
|-
|Rhanje
|Vermillion
|
|-
|Mbiringa
|Wine red
|
|-
|Sheri
|Cherry
|
|-
|Kiwani
|Pink
|as in chuma chekiwani meaning rose or pink colour beads
|-
|Hute
|Purple
|as per the fruit
|-
|Gatawa
|Lilac
|as per the bird, the lilac-breasted bird
|-
|Tangeni
|Violet
|as per the violet tree Pfuvana, Mufufu, Mutangeni
|-
|Farata / Fandemengwe
|Lavender
|Mufarata, Mufandemengwe
|-
|Punje
|Amethyst
|as per the tree Mupunje, Mujumbe or Mushari
|-
|Pfumbu
|Grey
|
|-
|Pfupfuma
|Dark-grey
|
|-
|Darejena
|Silver
|
|-
|Chena
|White
|
|}
|}


Revision as of 08:55, 1 February 2024

On this page we will go through the colours as acknowledged in the Shona language.

Colours in Shona

In Shona colours are seen in four different categories, mavara matema (dark colours i.e. blue, black), mavara matsvuku (warm colours i.e. red, orange), mavara machena (white colours i.e. white, yellow etc.) and mavara tsvuku again (bright colours i.e. purple, pink)

List of colours

Basic Colours

Let's begin with the basic and most commonly used colours first.

Blue Ungu
Red Tsvuku
Orange Ranjisi / Raranji
Yellow Huroro
Brown Mbise / Svundu
Green Zerere
White Chena
Pink Kiwani
Purple Hute / Vute
Black Tema
Grey Pfumbu

Detailed List of Colours and Shades

Colour name Translation in English Etymology
Ungu Blue
Ungwana Light blue -na is from Chena, unguchena; baby blue or young blue
Fifu Grey-blue
Dhimba Dark blue / Deep sea blue
Ndyigo Indigo from indigo
Safira Sapphire blue
Getsiungu Electric blue
Zerere Green
Zererena Light green
Pfumvudza fern / muddy green
Puwa Chartreuse, yellow-green
Huroro Yellow
Ndarama / Goridhe Gold
Ruraza Pale yellow
Raranjiro Amber
Rushare Flaxen / Blonde yellow
Mbise Brown
Mbisana Light brown
Svundu Brown
Tsvichiri Mahoganny; red-brown as the tree's name
Ndarira Bronze
Vunde Tan like sorghum, bvunde
Mdhaka Beige
Khakhi Kaki
Ranjisi / raranji Orange
Tsvuku Red
Vomvu Scarlet
Shava / Java Maroon
Rhanje Vermillion
Mbiringa Wine red
Sheri Cherry
Kiwani Pink as in chuma chekiwani meaning rose or pink colour beads
Hute Purple as per the fruit
Gatawa Lilac as per the bird, the lilac-breasted bird
Tangeni Violet as per the violet tree Pfuvana, Mufufu, Mutangeni
Farata / Fandemengwe Lavender Mufarata, Mufandemengwe
Punje Amethyst as per the tree Mupunje, Mujumbe or Mushari
Pfumbu Grey
Pfupfuma Dark-grey
Darejena Silver
Chena White

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