Color attribute, emit Chä (CHAH)
It is… Ọ dịrị… (AW dee-REE)
It is colored… Ọ nwere nkịsị… (AW nweh-reh in-KEE-see)
Black Oji – ọjị (oh-JEE – AW-jee)
White Ọcha – ọchá (AW-cha – aw-CHA)
Gray Ntụ ntụ – gre (in-TOO in-TOO – GREY)
Red Mmẹ-mmẹ – uhie (m-MEH-m-MEH – OO-hee-ye)
Blue Alulu – blu (ah-LOO-loo – BLOO)
Yellow Édo – ògùlù – yélo (EY-doe – oh-GOO-loo – YEAR-loe)
Green Ọcha ndù – ọchá ndù (AW-cha ndoo – aw-CHA ndoo)
Orange Ọcha mmanu mmanu – orenji (AW-cha MM-MAH-NOO MM-MAH-NOO – oh-REN-jee)
Purple Òdòdò (oh-DOE-doe)
Brown Nchárá – àkpammanụ – brawnu (in-CHA-RA – ah-KPAHM-mah-NOO – BRAW-noo)
Please note that colour words can vary depending on the dialect and context in Igbo.
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