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Colorful idioms used in English
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black
brown
red
orange
yellow
black and blue
black diamond
black dwarf
black friar
black gold
black hole
black lung
Black Mass
black out
in the black
japan black
brown
brown bagging
brown Betty
brown dwarf
brown lung
brown rice
brown rot
brown sauce
brown study
brown sugar
brownie
Brownie point
brownnose
brownout
brownshirt
brownstone
hash browns
in the red
red alert
red blood cell
red heat
red herring
red hot
red tape
redneck
orangey
yellow (coward)
yellow fever
yellow jacket
Yellow Pages
Yellow Peril
green
blue
violet
gray
white
green
green around the gills
green card
green flash
green light
green revolution
green room
green thumb
greens fee
greenback
greenbelt
green-eyed
greengrocer
greenhorn
greenhouse
greenhouse effect
greenmail
greenstick fracture
putting green
black and blue
blue (depressed)
blue blood
blue book
blue chip
blue collar
blue in the face
blue law
Bluegrass music
out of the blue
Gentian Violet
shrinking violet
Earl Grey tea
gray (depressing)
gray market
gray matter
grey friar
white blood cell
white chip
white chocolate
white dwarf
white elephant
white flag
white friar
white gas
white gold
white goods
white heat
white hole
white rice
white sauce
white sugar
white-bread
white-collar
color
pink
tan
Khaki
silver
gold
colored (as in NAACP)
color blind
local color
off color
turn color
with flying colors
in the pink
pink elephants
Pink Lady
pink slip
pinkeye
Pinko
pink-collar
tickled pink
tan
Khaki
silver bullet
silver certificate
silver lining
silver spoon
silver-tongued
silverfish
silverware
as good as gold
fool's gold
white gold