33 best idioms related to color:

Before moving into the world of idioms , let’s know what is an idiom.

What is an idiom:

A phrase which has a meaning that is commonly understood by the speakers of the language , but whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words is called an idiom.

Color related idioms :

1. Black Sheep — outcast , especially of a family.
2. Black tie — formal
3. Blacklist — list of people who are considered dangerous or who are to be punished.
4. Blackout — Loss of electricity
5. Blackmail — crime of demanding money from somebody by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them
6. To black out — loss consciousness or memory temporarily
7. In the black — financially sound people
8. Blue — Sad
9. Blue blood — From a royal noble family
10. Blue funk — very depressed
11. Blue print — A drawing plan
12. Blue ribbon — First rate
13. Blue collar workers — Labourers
14. Brown out — Partial loss of electricity. ( Check blackout )
15. In a brown study — in deep throught
16. To be browned up — To bored
17. A green belt — Area of open land around a city
18. In the pink — Very well ( of health )
19. Pink lady — an alcoholic drink
20. Pinkies — the little fingers
21. Tickled pink — Very amused and delighted at the news
22. Born to the purple — A member of a royal family
23. Purple message — an unexpectedly fine piece of writing in the middle of something that is very dull
24. Red flag — flag used for danger
25. Red hot — exciting
26. Red hots — small spicy candies
27. Red meats — beef
28. Red faced — embarrassed
29. A white collar worker — non manual worker ( see Blue collar worker )
30. As white as a sheet — very pale
31. As white as snow — very white
32. A white lie — trivial lie
33. White flag — an emblem of surrender

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