Grimoire Vocabulary — Colors
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| Irish | Ogham | How to say it | English | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bán | ᚛ᚁᚐᚅ᚜ | BAWN | white | TatoebagaelspellFoclóir | White. After a feminine noun it lenites to bhán: bean bhán, white woman. |
| dubh | ᚛ᚇᚒᚁᚆ᚜ | DUV | black | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Black. In Munster the bh is closer to oo: DOO; elsewhere DUV. |
| dearg | ᚛ᚇᚓᚐᚏᚌ᚜ | JAR-ug | red | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellFoclóir | Red, of things. Used for an apple or a car. Not used for hair or animals: that is rua. |
| glas | ᚛ᚌᚂᚐᚄ᚜ | GLOSS | green (of grass/nature) | TatoebagaelspellFoclóir | Green of living things, the green of grass and leaves. Distinct from uaine. |
| uaine | ᚛ᚒᚐᚔᚅᚓ᚜ | OO-in-uh | green (of objects) | TatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Green of made things, the green of paint and fabric. Distinct from glas. |
| gorm | ᚛ᚌᚑᚏᚋ᚜ | GUR-um | blue | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Blue. In older Irish a Black person was called fear gorm; modern usage avoids it. |
| buí | ᚛ᚁᚒᚔ᚜ | BEE | yellow | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Yellow. |
| donn | ᚛ᚇᚑᚅᚅ᚜ | DUN | brown | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Brown. |
| liath | ᚛ᚂᚔᚐᚈᚆ᚜ | LEE-uh | grey | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Grey. |
| bándearg | ᚛ᚁᚐᚅᚇᚓᚐᚏᚌ᚜ | BAWN-jar-ug | pink | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Pink, literally white-red. Irish builds the colour from its parts. |
| corcra | ᚛ᚉᚑᚏᚉᚏᚐ᚜ | KUR-kra | purple | gaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Purple. |
| oráiste | ᚛ᚑᚏᚐᚔᚄᚈᚓ᚜ | uh-RAW-shtuh | orange | WiktionaryTatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Orange. Borrowed from English; the older native word is flannbhuí. |
| rua | ᚛ᚏᚒᚐ᚜ | ROO-uh | red-haired/russet | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Red of hair and animals. A red fox is sionnach rua, a red-headed child is páiste rua. Not used for things. |
| ór | ᚛ᚑᚏ᚜ | OHR | gold | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Gold. Pota óir, pot of gold. |
| órga | ᚛ᚑᚏᚌᚐ᚜ | OHR-guh | golden | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Golden. The adjective form of ór. |
| airgid | ᚛ᚐᚔᚏᚌᚔᚇ᚜ | AR-ih-gid | silver | TatoebagaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Silver, used as a colour modifier. The genitive of airgead. |
| fionn | ᚛ᚃᚔᚑᚅᚅ᚜ | FYUN | fair / light (hair, complexion) | gaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Fair-haired. From Old Irish find. Fionn mac Cumhaill is named for it. |
| geal | ᚛ᚌᚓᚐᚂ᚜ | GYAL | bright / shining / pale-white | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.4 | Bright or shining. Bán is white, geal is bright. Snow is bán, the moon is geal. |
| breac | ᚛ᚁᚏᚓᚐᚉ᚜ | BRAK | speckled / piebald / patterned | WiktionarygaelspellFoclóirTeanglann | Speckled or piebald. Also the noun for trout, a speckled fish. |
| riabhach | ᚛ᚏᚔᚐᚁᚆᚐᚉᚆ᚜ | REE-uh-vukh | brindled / grey-streaked | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Brindled or grey-streaked. The classic descriptor for an Irish cat or cow. |
| ciar | ᚛ᚉᚔᚐᚏ᚜ | KEE-ur | dusky / dark | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Dusky or dark, sitting between liath and dubh. Slightly literary register. |
| flannbhuí | ᚛ᚃᚂᚐᚅᚅᚁᚆᚒᚔ᚜ | FLAN-wee | orange (native alternative) | WiktionarygaelspellGrimoire XI.7 | Orange, the native poetic alternative to oráiste. Literally flame-yellow. |