Russian/Vocabulary/Colors

These memory aids aren't true! They're nonsense made up to help you remember the meanings of Russian words. Colors цвет noun Color Tsvyet Plural is цвета (colors). Note that цветы means flowers and is a plural form of цветок.   Белый adjective White Byelyj Russia is too cold to take off your shirt, so Russians have white bellies.   Чёрный adjective Black Chyornyj Picture scrubbing a floor on your knees. This chore will make your knees black.   Красный adjective Red Krásnyj When Russians sit with crossed knees you can see their red socks.   Розовый adjective Pink Rózovyj Russians love roses and love to call people so zovy your roses.   Синий adjective Dark Blue Sínij You never see Russians' knees because they wear dark blue pants.   Голубой adjective Light Blue Golubój Голубой also means "gay." Be careful what you describe as galoo boy!   Серый adjective Gray Syéryj Gray is a serious color.   Жёлтый adjective Yellow Zhóltyj 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.   Зелёный adjective Green Zyelyónyj Russians love green jello. But they don't call it "jello," rather they call it "zello," at least when it's green.   оранжевый adjective Orange oránzhevyj   Коричневый adjective Brown Koríchnyevyj Corey reaches no levee next to the brown Mississippi River.   Russian Rainbow:Русская ра́дуга