Spanish expressions with colours
A list of everyday idioms using colours in Spanish
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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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