Spanish expressions with colours

A list of everyday idioms using colours in Spanish

Spanish vocabulary

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    un príncipe azul Prince Charming
    ver todo de color de rosa to see things through rose-tinted spectacles/ look on the bright side of life
    ver todo de color negro to feel hopeless, in a black mood
    un viejo verde dirty old man
    ir de punta en blanco dress up to the nines
    ponerse rojo,a como un tomate to blush, to go as red as a beetroot
    quedarse en blanco to go blank
    la prensa amarilla yellow press [US: tabloid press]
    ponerse morado,a to pig out
    vestirse de blanco to get married
    poner verde a alguien to say nasty things about someone
    estar como una rosa to be as fresh as a daisy
    estar en números rojos to be in the red (overdrawn, in debt)
    ser de sangre azul to have blue (royal) blood
    comerse un marrón to assume responsibility for something negative
    un chiste verde dirty joke
    la prensa rosa gossip magazines
    dinero negro black money
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