Colors

Twelve basic colors, all ordinary adjectives — they sit in front of the noun and never change shape.

• aq white
• qara black
• qızıl red
• sarı yellow
• jaşil green
• mor brown
• kök blue
• boz gray
• qızğıldım pink, rosy
• kimit violet, purple
• açıq light, bright (of a color)
• qaraldım dark (of a color)

qara is black and also "dark"; qızıl is the red of the flag. mor covers brown, where Turkish uses its word for "coffee-colored". açıq and qaraldım make light and dark variants: açıq kök (light blue), qaraldım qızıl (dark red).