Dathanna (Colours) and their modern + traditional uses as Gaeilge
Dearg - Red BĂĄndearg - Pink OrĂĄiste - Orange FlannbhuĂ - Orange BuĂ - Yellow Glas - Green Uaine - Green Gorm - Blue Corcra - Purple Donn - Brown Dubh - Black BĂĄn - White Geal - White Liath - Grey
Rua - Red / Rust / Ginger Fionn - Blonde
Dearg is used traditionally to refer to the colour red in blood or ink, and now its used for all bright reds across media Rua is used exclusively for hair and also for deep reds such as rust BĂĄndearg is used for all shades of pink and is a modern colour OrĂĄiste is a very modern word for orange, as buĂ had previously been used for all shades of yellow and orange. Now orĂĄiste is exclusively used for orange. FlannbhuĂ is rarely used however it refers to the specific shade of orange that appears on the flag. Fionn is specifically used for hair and refers to all shades of blonde, from bleached to dark blonde. Glas was traditionally used for all light greens, light blues and light greys. Now it's used to refer to natural occurances of the colour green (grass etc). Uaine refers to artificial greens and is the shade of green that appears on the flag. Gorm traditionally referred to dark greens, dark blues and dark greys and the rare occurances of blue in nature such as the sea. Now it refers to all shades of blue. BĂĄn usually refers to frost and sickly skin in traditional uses but now is used for most uses of white. Geal is used for snow, teeth, swans and when refering to white/caucasian people. Dubh is referring to the colour in terms of hair, ravens and the night. Black people are daoine gorma - as gorm referred to dark colours/shades in general and the phrase 'duine dubh' referred to someone with black hair.
As the language evolved, there have been more colours translated as is natural - but these are the traditional and/or most common ones that you'll see.
