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ʻaʻai₂.  vs. bright, vivid, as of contrasting colors.

ʻAʻai ka lei hulu melemele i ka holokū ʻeleʻele.A yellow feather lei appears brighter on a black Mother Hubbard.

aʻeaʻe₁ [aʻe·aʻe].  vt. mixing of a dark or brilliant color with a lighter one, as feathers in a lei; of dark hair of a young person with streaks of gray; to mix, as drinks.

Aʻeaʻe mohala i luna o ke kukui.Streaks of silvery gray showing on the candlenut tree. [said of a graying person] (ON 5)

āhiahia.  vs. var. spelling of ʻāhiahia, faint, obscure, faded; dim, as colors in tapa or cloth.

ʻāhiahia, āhiahia [ʻā·hia·hia].  vs. faint, obscure, faded; dim, as colors in tapa or cloth.

ʻulaʻula ʻāhiahiafaded red

ahiahia [a-hi-a-hi-a].  adj. Obscure; faded; dim, as colors in kapa or calico; kohu maikai ole; as cloth having lost color; ahiahia ke koko, the blood is colorless; applied to the uncolored parts of dyed cloth or kapa; he ahiahia ka palapala, the writing is dim, not plain; ulaula ahiahia, faded red, that is, purple. 2 Oihl. 3:14.

ʻāhina₁ [ʻā·hina].  vs. gray, gray- or white-haired.

ahina [a-hi-na].  s. A gray color.

ʻāhinahina₁ [ʻā·hina·hina].  n. same as ʻāhina₁, ₂, gray, gray- or white-haired...; blue denim cloth, dungarees, blue jeans...

ahinahina [a-hi-na-hi-na].  adj. Very light blue; gray; slate color. Oihk. 13:37.

aʻiaʻi [aʻi·aʻi].  vs. transparent.

aʻiaʻi hauʻoki [aʻi·aʻi hau·ʻoki].  vs. opaque. lit., frosty clear.

ʻākala₁ [ʻā·kala].  vs. pink.

akeakea [a-ke-a-ke-a].  v. To fade, as kapa or cloth colored; to lose the color; to fade out; he akeakea ka ulaula, he ula akeakea ka palapala, the red is faded out, a faded red is the printing.

ʻakoa.  n. a small tree resembling koa; dye was made from its bark, and to color tapa. (And) But cf. kūʻoulena.

akoa [a-ko-a].  s. Kapa of a snuff color; so named from the dye made of the akoa tree; he kapa i kuku ia ma ka akoa; he paupau akoa.

akuhe [a-ku-he].  v. To be black, blue or dark colored. See kukuhe.

akulu [a-ku-lu].  s. A species of color or colors; he akulu moe wai, a eleele uliuli.

ʻalaea₁, alaea.  n. water-soluble colloidal ocherous earth, used for coloring salt, for medicine, for dye, and formaly in the purification ceremony called hiʻuwai; any red colloring matter; according to Dr. Frank Tabrah, brick-red soil containing hematite. see ʻiʻoʻalaea, kuhi ʻalaea. (Kam. 76:149) [(CE) PPN *karaea, red ochre, red clay or earth]

ua ʻalaeared rain [red of the rainbow] (For. 4:399)

alaea [a-la-ea].  Any red coloring matter; red ochre. Isa. 44:13.

ʻalaʻihi₂.  pale pink tapa; any faded color

ʻalaneo₂ [ʻala·neo].  vs. of a single color or texture, especially of a feather cloak without design and made of feathers of a single kind and color.

ʻalani, ʻālani.  n. any kind of orange, both fruit and tree, as Citrus sinensis. Eng. (Neal 483)

ʻalani nuigrapefruit (Kahananui 75)

melemele ʻili ʻalaniorange-yellow color

poloka kau lāʻau ʻālaniorange tree frog

ʻālani [ʻā·lani].  var. spelling of ʻalani, orange.

ʻālani pomelograpefruit

aliali [ali·ali].  nvs. crystal clear, white; clarity, whiteness. also aniani. [PPN *ʻali, bare, exposed, clearly visible, transparent (of water)]

hoālialito whiten, cause to shine

ānuenue₁ [ā·nue·nue].  nvi. rainbow. [(EP) PPN *aa-nuanua, rainbow]

ānuenue kau pōnight rainbow (Wight)

E wai ānuenue ana nā wāwae o nā koa.The feet of the soldiers form a rainbow pattern [of marching soldiers in colored uniforms].

apowai.  vs. var. spelling of ʻapowai₂, to be a grayish-brown color, as a horse, perhaps bay.

ʻapowai₂, apowai [ʻapo·wai].  vs. to be a grayish-brown color, as a horse, perhaps bay.

ʻauina [ʻau·ina].  n. band, gradient, as of colors.

ʻauina kalacolor band, color gradient

ʻauina welona kala.  n. absorption spectrum. lit., gradient (of) color traits.

aweawea [a-we-a-we-a].  adj. Spotted; variegated with spots of different colors; he aweawea ulaula; obscure; not plain; aweawea ka lohe.
 

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belu [be-lu].  adj. Eng. Blue; the color blue. Ezek. 23:6.
 

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ʻea₂.  vs. reddish-brown, as the color of the ʻea shell. cf. ʻea mālani, ʻea ʻula.

ʻea mālani [ʻea mā·lani].  nvs. light-brown in color. see ʻea₂.

ʻea ʻula.  nvs. wine-colored, such a color.

ʻeʻelekū [ʻeʻele·kū].  redup. of ʻelekū₃, entirely black, coal-black... blackened or darkened, as leaves or fruit due to maturity or to pelting by storms; dark, gloomy, as clouds.

Ma ia malama o Nana, ua pau ka ʻeʻelekū o ka lau o nā lāʻau i ka noke a ka ua ma nā lā o ka hoʻoilo.In this month of Nana, the dark bruising of the leaves of trees by the pelting of the rains of the days of winter has ceased. (Kep. 89)

Ma ia malama ua ʻeʻelekū ka lani i nā ao ua … a ua ʻeʻelekū hoʻi nā lau o nā lāʻau a me nā mea ulu i ke oʻo.In this month the sky is dark with rain clouds … and the leaves of trees and growing things are dark with maturity. (Kep. 93)

ʻehu₅.  nvs. reddish tinge in hair, of Polynesians and not of Caucasians; one with ʻehu hair; reddish-brown complexion said to be characteristic of some ʻehu people; ruddy. (This ʻehu is invariably pronounced with an initial glottal stop.) cf. ʻeʻehu, ʻehuʻehu. [PPN *kefu, light-coloured (blond, brown, reddish) especially of hair]

He ʻehu, he nani kona mau maka.Ruddy and of a beautiful countenance. (1-Sam. 16.12)

ʻehu kumu uli.  n. hair black at the roots that shades out to reddish at the tips, said to be characteristic of some ʻehu people.

ʻele₁.  nvs. black (less used than ʻeleʻele). cf. also ʻeʻele, pāʻele. [(CP) PPN *kele, dark, black]

Ke Kai ʻEleBlack Sea

ele [e-le].  v. To be dark; black; to be dark colored; not clear.

ʻeleʻele₁.  nvs. black, dark, the black color of Hawaiian eyes. also ʻeneʻene. PPN *kelekele.

hōʻeleʻeleto blacken, darken, become dark

eleele [e-le-e-le].  adj. See ele. Dark colored; black; blue; dark red; brown. See ULIULI; also lipolipo. s. Darkness; ua like ka eleele me ka uliuli. adv. Darkly; without much light; ke hele eleele nei au, I walk in darkness, Iob. 30:28.

ʻeleʻelekū [ʻeleʻele·kū].  redup. of ʻelekū₃, entirely black, coal-black...; unattractively dark and ugly, coal-black.

ʻeleʻele paʻa.  n. coal-black.

ʻele hiwa.  nvs. coal-black, jet-black, all black. See chant, ʻelemoe.

elehu.  n. slate or ash-colored pumice. cf. lehu. rare. 

ʻeleī, ʻeleʻī [ʻele·ī].  nvs. blue-black, shiny black. fig., select, choice.

He mea ʻeleī kēia i koʻu manaʻo.This is choice, in my opinion.

ʻeleʻī.  nvs. var. spelling of ʻeleī, blue-black, shiny black. Fig., select, choice.

ʻelekū₃ [ʻele·kū].  nvs. entirely black, coal-black, said jokingly of dark people, including Negroes. See chant, ʻelemoe.

ʻeleuli₁ [ʻele·uli].  nvs. grayish black.

ʻeneʻene.  rare var. of ʻeleʻele, black.
 

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hāʻeleʻele.  nvs. blackish.

hakahakaea [haka·haka·ea].  n. rainbow with much green color. rare. 

hala melemele [hala mele·mele].  n. a common form of pandanus with bright yellow keys.

hālenalena.  yellowish (EH)

hālino [hā·lino].  vs. fluorescent, as colors. cf. hāweo, glowing, as in the dark; phosphorescent...

ʻākala hālinofluorescent pink

hame₁.  n. the two native species of Antidesma, medium-sized trees with hard wood, in the euphorbia family; leaves more or less ovate, fruits in grapelike clusters, purple, one-seeded. Formerly the wood was used for anvils for preparing olonā fiber, the fruit to color tapa red. also haʻā, haʻāmaile, hamehame, mehame. (Neal 500)

hāʻulaʻula.  nvs. reddish, pink.

hāuli₁ [hā·uli].  nvs. blackish, swarthy, dark.

hauli [ha-u-li].  s. See uli. Anything of a dark color; the dark shadow of an object; dark clouds; the deep blue sky.

hea [he-a].  v. To be red or sore, as inflamed eyes; to be stained or colored red.

heahea [hea-hea].  v. See hea, v., to be red. To imprint with spots; to stain, especially with red colors; to be smeared, as with red dirt.

hili [hi-li].  A black dye for coloring kapas made of kolea bark.

hilihili₂ [hili·hili].  redup. of hili₄; dark red or brown (less dark than hili₄).

hilihili honuturtle coloring fig., wealthy

hoʻohilihilito dye

hilihili [hi-li-hi-li].  v. See hili, coloring barks. To color or dye red, or any dark color. adj. Red or brown in color; shaded; dark.

hinahina₆ [hina·hina].  vs. gray, grayish.

hinahina [hi-na-hi-na].  adj. Gray; grayish.

hiwa₁.  nvs. entirely black, as of pigs offered to the gods, a desirable blackness contrasting with uli and ʻeleʻele, which have pejorative connotations. See polohiwa and its associations with the god Kāne₂. [(CE) PPN *siwa, black]

hiwa [hi-wa].  adj. Black; clear black; applied mostly to that which was used in sacrifice to the gods, as a black hog; ina i eleele a puni ka hulu, he hiwa pa ia puaa; a black cocoanut, a black kapa, &c., and always considered valuable; hence, v. To be of a black color, such as was considered precious or valuable in sacrifice; to be of a clear or pure black. s. Any black article supposed to be acceptable to the gods as an offering; hence,

hiwahiwa [hi-wa-hi-wa].  adj. See hiwa. Thick; dense; black, as a cloud; glossy black.

hiwakea [hiwa·kea].  n. an all-black pig with white hoofs and white tips of tail, ears, and nose.

hiwa paʻa.  nvs. coal-black, entirely black, solid-black. (A puaʻa hiwa might have a few white hairs, but none at all were on a puaʻa hiwa paʻa.)

hōʻauikala [hō·ʻaui·kala].  n. chromatography. lit., deviate color. see palaholo silaka g.

hōʻauikala papa lahilahithin-layer chromatography

hōʻauikala pepapaper chromatography

kiʻi hōʻauikalachromatograph

pepa hōʻauikalachromatographic paper

hoaweawea [ho-a-we-a-we-a].  v. To discolor; to be colored a reddish brown, like red that is faded. s. A reddish color; an indistinct color, like the sea at times. adj. Faded; discolored.

hōʻeleʻele.  vt. to blacken, darken, become dark. see ʻeleʻele₁, black, dark, the black color of Hawaiian eyes...

hoeleele [ho-e-le-e-le].  v. Ho for hoo, and eleele, dark. To make black; to darken.

holei [ho-lei].  s. Name of a tree used (bark and root) to color yellow.

hooeleele [hoo-e-le-e-le].  v. See ele and eleele. To make black; to blacken, like the gathering of clouds before a storm.

hoohaili [hoo-ha-i-li].  v. See haili. To be of a dark color; to be dark; dim to the sight.

hoohiwahiwa [hoo-hi-wa-hi-wa].  v. See hiwa, black; acceptable to the gods. To be acceptable to the gods; to be dear; to be greatly beloved; to honor; to treat as beloved or precious.

hoʻokokōhi₃.  black and threatening, as clouds before a storm. see kokōhi.

hookokohi [hoo-ko-ko-hi].  v. To be black and threatening, as clouds; to lower. adj. Running low; black; thick; threatening, as clouds; he ao hookokohi, a thick black cloud.

hoʻokōkōliʻi.  to rise, as a thick black cloud see kōkōliʻi, thick black cloud.

hoomaomao [hoo-mao-mao].  v. To darken; to make a black or blue color. See omaomao.

hoonohi [hoo-no-hi].  v. To cause to be red; to be of a reddish color.

hoopaele [hoo-pa-e-le].  v. See paele, to be dirty. To besmear; to defile; to make dirty; to blacken. Figuratively, to disturb with other thoughts and reflections. Laieik. 142.

hoʻopāʻele.  to blacken, blot, etc see pāʻele₁, Negroid, dark, black; to blacken; to tattoo solid black without design; to paint black, as a canoe; to blot.

hoopaninio [hoo-pa-ni-ni-o].  v. See above. To variegate with colors; to put different colors on a thing; e wai kilikiloia, e panionio.

hoopanopano [hoo-pa-no-pa-no].  v. See panopano and papano, thick; black; glossy. To make thick and black, as a cloud; to be thick, glossy black.

hooponiponi [hoo-po-ni-po-ni].  v. See poni, purple color. To be of a black or deep blue color. To have a mixture of colors; to be purple.

hoopunoni [hoo-pu-no-ni].  v. See noni, a plant. To be or to make of a reddish color; to be brown.

hoʻouli [hoʻo·uli].  to darken, to make blue, green, etc.; to make the skin black and blue; to bruise see uli₁, any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds; the black-and-blue of a bruise...

hoouli [hoo-u-li].  v. See uli, to be dark colored. To make black; to darken; to be green, as the sea; as a forest.

huapala₃ [hua·pala].  nvs. chestnut brown.
 

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ʻiliʻiliʻeleʻele.  n. black kōnane pebble.

ʻīloli₂ [ʻī·loli].  vs. spotted, daubed with color, as tapa; speckled, as overripe pandanus keys.

inikoa.  var. spelling of ʻinikoa, indigo...

ʻinikoa, inikoa [ʻini·koa].  same as ʻinikō, indigo...

ʻiʻo lau maiʻa.  n. yellowish grain in wood, especially koa, named for its resemblance to the yellow color of a banana leaf (lau maiʻa).
 

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kāʻele₁.  vs. darkened; cf. ʻele, black.

Mehe kaʻele papa lā Hilo, i lalo ka noho, kāʻele wale Hilo i ke ālai ʻia e ka ua.Like a poi board Hilo, dwelling below, darkened Hilo by the blocking rain. (UL 60)

kai helo.  n. sauce, as made of crushed shrimp and coconut cream. lit., red sauce.

kai ʻina₂.  nvs. lavender, reddish-purple, so called because of the color of the sauce.

kailanahuahi [kai-la-na-hu-a-hi].  s. Kai and lanahuahi (same as nanahuahi), a coal of fire. Very dark or black water of the ocean.

kailipoliko [kai-li-po-li-ko].  s. Kai and lipolipo, blue or black. Epithet of the deep sea, as dark blue or black.

kaiolena [kai-o-le-na].  s. Kai, liquid, and olena, yellow. Yellow coloring matter.

kākala wela₂ [kā·kala wela].  vs. black with brown markings, of a pig. cf. kala wela.

kala₁₇.  n. color. Eng.

kala meaʻaifood coloring

laulā kalatint, as of a television screen

kala₁₈.  n. crayon. also peni kala. Niʻihau. Eng.

kalakoa [kala·koa].  nvs. calico; variegated in color, as of croton leaves, or of a pinto horse spotted with several colors; printed cotton cloth (modern); said also of scars left after impetigo. Eng.

kalakuhi [kala·kuhi].  n. color code; to color code (something).

kapeke [ka-pe-ke].  To be colored, as a malo of one color on one side, and another color on the opposite side; he malo kapeke; hence, the name for that species of malo. Hoo. I hookapekeia me ka holei, that it (kapa) may be colored on one side with the holei; e pake, e hamama, e waiho wale.

kauluwela₁ [kaulu·wela].  vs. glowing, bright-colored, colorful.

hoʻokauluwelacaus/sim

keʻo₁.  vs. white, clear. [(MQ) PPN *teko, white]

hoʻokeʻoto whiten bleach

keʻokeʻo₁ [keʻo·keʻo].  nvs. white, clear. PCP *tekoteko; cf. Marquesan tekoteko.

E ʻike ai ka mahi ʻai i ke keʻokeʻo.The farmer sees clearly. (Kep. 91)

hoʻokeʻokeʻoto whiten

kālā keʻokeʻosilver money

Ke keʻokeʻo mai o ka nalu.The whiteness of the (breaking) waves.

kope keʻokeʻocafé au lait, i.e. hot coffee served with an equal amount of hot or scalded milk

palaoa keʻokeʻowhite bread. see entries under palaoa

papa keʻokeʻowhite board, dry erase board. also: papa peni kuni

kīheʻaheʻa palaʻā [kī·heʻa·heʻa palaʻā].  n. coloring matter for tapa made from the palaʻā fern.

kikohu [ki-ko-hu].  v. See kohu. To spot; to make a spot with coloring matter.

kikokiko₁ [kiko·kiko].  nvt. dotted, spotted, speckled, as a pig; to dot frequently; to discolor with spots; to nibble, as fish at bait; to peck repeatedly, as a feeding hen. PCP *titotito.

kikokiko [ki-ko-ki-ko].  adj. Spotted; speckled; of different colors. Kin. 30:39. Striped; having spots of different colors.

kikoluko [kiko·luko].  vt. colored in stripes; to mark in long parallel lines in a variety of colors.

kiliheʻa [kili·heʻa].  vi. stained with color, as a sky at sunset.

kīnohinohi [kī·nohi·nohi].  redup. of kīnohi, decorated, spotted, ornamented...; printed, as calico. See ex., hoʻopukalia.

Ē ka honua ē, ē nahele lā, i kīnohinohi ē.O earth, O plants, be adornments. (Kep. 31)

He nani maoli nā kīnohinohi o kona lumi hoʻoluana.Very beautiful were the decorations of his reception room. MP-829

hoʻokīnohito adorn, add color

Ka iʻa kīnohinohi pōhaku.Marine life that adorns rocks [periwinkles and nerita]. (ON 1354)

mea hoʻokīnohinohidecorations

kīʻoki.  nvs. striped; creased with fat; stripes.

He kākau kīʻoki ʻōniʻo i ka lae, he kīʻoki ʻo ke kīkākapu, ʻo ka iʻa kapu.Marked with bars and streaks on the forehead, the kīkākapu is [a fish] with bars [of color], a sacred fish. (chant)

koae [ko-ae].  adj. White; of a whitish color; bright.

kohu [ko-hu].  Ink or any fixed coloring matter for printing or coloring kapas or cloth; pale ink. The fixing or permanency of the color.

kōkō ʻula [kō·kō ʻula].  n. network of red color, as of a spreading rainbow.

kolea [ko-le-a].  The name of a tree having a very astringent bark, which is red and used in coloring black; the wood reddish and used for boards.

konakona [ko-na-ko-na].  v. To be rough; to be uneven; to be dark colored.

kuakea [kua·kea].  vs. faded, bleached; white and encrusted, salt deposits left by evaporated sea water; foamy; pale, as a person without a healthy color; to bleach white, fade; foam. cf. kea, white; poʻo kuakea. see ex. hao₄, lōpā. [(TA) PPN *tua-tea, white-capped wave: *tu(u)a(a)tea]

E aloha aʻe ana kēia i ka hau hoʻokuakea ʻili.This is a fond recollection of the snow that whitens the skin. (song)

hoʻokuakeato bleach or whiten

Kahe ka wai ʻula, kuakea ka moana.When the red waters run, the sea is white with foam. (ON 1306)

Ke kuakea mai nei kō kuka.Your coat is fading.

kuanoni.  vi. var. spelling of kuānoni, to change, as color.

kuānoni, kuanoni [kuā·noni].  vi. to change, as color.

kuaweli [kua·weli].  vs. dark in color. (Kam. 64:112)

kuhe₂.  vi. of changed color, as of a bonito that is caught; black-and-blue, as after a bruise.

kuhe [ku-he].  s. A change of color in the skin in consequence of being long in the water, as purple, blue, brown, &c.

kuhekuhe [ku-he-ku-he].  s. Freq. of kuhe Changeable as to colors, as black, green, blue, thick dark.

kukuhe [ku-ku-he].  v. To be dark colored; to be black or blue. See akuhe.
 

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lālauahi [lā·lau·ahi].  vs. gray, stormy-looking, smoke-colored.

Makehewa iā kāua ke hele, ke lālauahi maila ʻo uka.It would be a mistake for us to go, it's threateningly gray inland.

lalawahi [la-la-wa-hi].  adj. Dark colored; black; the deepest, most intense blackness; pouli.

laulā kala [lau·lā kala].  n. tint, as of a television screen. lit., breadth (of) color. cf. ʻauina kala.

lawaaʻeaʻe [lawa·aʻe·aʻe].  nvs. white mixed with a darker color, as of a chicken; dark hair streaked with gray; white chicken with sprinkling of red feathers. cf. aʻeaʻe.

lehu₁.  nvs. ashes; ash-colored or gray, as a chicken. See saying, ash. [(MP) PPN *refu, ashes: *r(a,e)fu]

hoʻolehuto reduce to ashes

Lā Hāpala Lehu.Ash Wednesday.

lehu anefine ashes

pōpoki lehugray cat

puhi lehu, hoʻolehu ʻiacremate

lena [le-na].  A yellow coloring matter from the lena.

lena [le-na].  s. The name of a plant, the root of which is used in coloring yellow.

lenalena [lena·lena].  redup. of lena₁, yellow... also nenanena. [PPN *reŋa-reŋa, yellow: *rega(-rega)]

lepo₂.  var. of lipo₁, deep blue black...

lipo₁.  nvs.
  • deep blue-black, as a cavern, the sea, or dense forest;
  • dim, distant;
  • grief
  see kumulipo. [PPN *lipo, eddy, swirling water, eddy, disturbed water (problematic)]

Eia ʻo Kapili ē, ke haʻalipo nei ana lipo walohia.Here is Kapili, her grief and anguish darkened. (lament for Leleiōhoku)

lipo lolohuameathe dark depths [the unfathomable mystery of the gods]

lipo [li-po].  adj. Blue, black or dark from the depth of a cavern, or from the depth of the sea; deep; bottomless, as the ocean.

lipolipo [li-po-li-po].  s. See lipo. Great depth of the ocean so as to appear blue or black; ka hohonu, ka moana. adj. Deep blue or black.

lipololohuamea [li-po-lo-lo-hu-a-me-a].  s. The appearance on looking into very deep water or a deep pit where no bottom is visible; black; dark.

loli₃.  vs. spotted, speckled, daubed; to color in spots, as tapa. cf. ʻīloli₂.

loli [lo-li].  To make a spot with coloring matter; to daub; to color; e kikohu, e onionio; to color in spots, as was often done with kapa.

lolohuamea₂ [lolo·hua·mea].  n. variegated colors, as of the distant sea. see ex. lipo₁.

lolohuamea [lo-lo-hu-a-me-a].  s. The appearance of the verge of the ocean to one in a canoe on the ocean, as it appears green or dark colored.

luaʻehu.  vs. many and colorful.

Luaʻehu ka iʻa i loaʻa mai i hei i ka ʻupena.Colorful and many are the fishes caught, snared in the net. (song)

luuula [luu-u-la].  v. Luu and ula, red. To color red. Hoo. To dye red. Isa. 63:1.
 

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maʻalaea [maʻa·laea].  nvs. red color, red ocher color; stained red, as with ocherous earth; red, as earth.

maʻaʻulaʻula.  n. red clay as used in coloring.

maaulaula [ma-a-u-la-u-la].  s. Maa and ula, red. A kind of red earth used in coloring, obtained in some deep ravines.

māʻaweʻawe.  redup. of maʻawe, fiber, thread, rootlet...; streaked, as with different colors.

maaweawe [ma-a-we-a-we].  s. Spots; variegated colors on a thing; marks making different shades of colors. See maawe and awe. adj. Spotted; marked; variegated with small changes of color or form.

mae.  Faded, as a color.

mahamoe [ma-ha-mo-e].  adj. Clear; plain; blue or black.

makuʻe.  nvs. var. spelling of mākuʻe₁, dark brown, any dark color.

mākuʻe₁, makuʻe [mā·kuʻe].  nvs. dark brown, any dark color. [(MQ) PPN *maatuke, dark-brown; dark in colour]

Kanaka ʻili mākuʻe o ka moana Pākīpika.Dark-skinned native of the Pacific Ocean.

lole mākuʻepurple (2-Oihn. 2.7)

poni mākuʻedark purple

ʻula mākuʻedark or purplish red

makue [ma-ku-e].  s. A pale brown or chestnut color; purple; blue; any dark color.

mao [ma-o].  Applied to colors, green; greenish; also blue. See maomao.

maʻoha.  vs. grayish, especially when contrasted with black, as of bird feathers, cloud-capped mountains, graying hair.

Ka ʻiwa he manu nui ia, he ʻeleʻele kona hulu, he maʻoha kahi hulu.The ʻiwa is a big bird, its feathers are black, some are gray.

maokioki [ma-o-ki-o-ki].  adj. Spotted; variegated; having different colors.

māʻulaʻula₂.  n. red earth, as used in coloring.

mea₇.  vs. reddish-brown, as water with red earth in it; yellowish-white, of feathers. [(EO) PPN *mea, reddish]

WaimeaReddish water. (name)

melemele₁ [mele·mele].  vs. yellow, blonde.

hoʻomelemeleto color or paint yellow

Ke Kai MelemeleYellow Sea

memele₁.  similar to melemele, yellow

He memele maikaʻi kona ʻili.His skin was lightcolored and attractive. (For. 5:269)

moano₂.  nvi. pale red color, as of the moano fish. fig., to bloom.

Moano ka lehua.The lehua flowers become red. (For. 6:293)

moekolu [moe·kolu].  vs. striped, of three colors of about the same width and lying parallel. cf. moelua.

moelua [moe·lua].  vs. striped, of two colors of about same width and lying parallel, as of tapa. cf. moekolu, weke.

moʻo₉.  vs. brindled, as a dog, favored for sacrifice to the moʻo spirits; streaked, tawny, as cattle; color of a tabby cat. cf. ʻīlio moʻo, brindled dog, and moʻo ʻīlio, puppy dog.

muimuia₂ [mui·muia].  vs. inharmonious, of juxtaposed colors, as on tapa or quilt.
 

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nau.  s. The name of a bush or tree affording coloring matter in the fruit. Dye or coloring matter of the nau.

nika [ni-ka].  adj. Black; deep blue; dark colored.

ninio [ni-ni-o].  v. See nio, to color. To spot; to print, as kapa. See paninio.

noʻa₃.  vs. colored, as color streak in pearl shell. cf. noʻenoʻe.

noʻenoʻe₁ [noʻe·noʻe].  vs. printed, of tapa; colored. cf. kīhei ʻaʻahu noʻenoʻe.

nohi.  vs. bright-colored, vivid, as the rainbow. cf. kīnohi.

nohi [no-hi].  v. To be of a reddish color. See onohi, kinohi and kiionohi.

nono₁.  vs. red, redness; rosy-cheeked; red-faced, as from sunburn; sunburned, bronzed. cf. pūnono.

nono ʻulato flush, blush

nono [no-no].  s. A dark red or purple color; redness.

nononi [no-no-ni].  adj. See noni. Burnt red; colored red; wela nononi ka io i ke ahi.
 

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ʻōʻā.  vs. mixed, as of colors in a lei or as blood.

He Hawaiʻi ʻoia akā ua ʻōʻā ʻia me ke koko Pākē.He's Hawaiian, but there is a little strain of Chinese also.

He lei kolohala uliuli i ʻōʻā ʻia me ke keʻokeʻo.A dark pheasant feather lei mixed with white.

hoʻōʻāto mix

ʻōhelohelo [ʻō·helo·helo].  vs. pink, rosy, of the color of ʻōhelo berries.

He aloha nō nā pua, nā pua ʻōhelohelo.Beloved the blossoms, the pink blossoms.

hoʻōheloheloto color pink

ohelohelo [o-he-lo-he-lo].  adj. Having the color of the ohelo, i. e., a light red; he hainaka ohelohelo, he silika ohelohelo.

ohiohi [o-hi-o-hi].  v. To have substances of various colors united, or a substance of various shades of color, as mahogany timber, curl-maple, curly koa, &c.

olena, olenalena [o-le-na (o-le-na-le-na)].  adj. Yellow, from the plant. See above. Coloring yellow.

olenalena.  adj. var. spelling of olena, Yellow, from the plant. See above. Coloring yellow.

omao [o-mao].  adj. Green; greenish in color; he manu omao; he leho omao.

ʻōmaʻomaʻo₁ [ʻō·maʻo·maʻo].  redup. of ʻōmaʻo₁, green. an emerald. (Puk. 28.18)

ʻano ʻōmaʻomaʻogreenish

hoʻōmaʻomaʻoto make green, paint green

ʻōmea₁ [ʻō·mea].  vs. reddish; murky.

Ua ʻōmea ʻia ke kuahiwi.The hills are reddish. (For. 6:369)

ʻoni₂.  n. spirals of several colors in composite leis.

ʻōniʻo [ʻō·niʻo].  vs. spotted, streaked with various colors, as a pig, or as tapa prints.

hoʻōniʻoto spot or print with colors, as tapa

ʻōniʻoniʻo [ʻō·niʻo·niʻo].  redup. of ʻōniʻo; embroidered (Biblical); mottled.

E hoʻōniʻoniʻo ʻoe i ka pālule olonā … a e hana ʻoe i ke kāʻei, he humuhumu ʻōniʻoniʻo.You shall weave the coat in checkerwork of fine linen … and shall make a girdle embroidered with needlework. (Puk. 28.39)

hoʻōniʻoniʻocaus/sim

onionio [o-ni-o-ni-o].  adj. See onio. Striped; spotted, as a cloth; as animals. Kin. 30:32. Variegated, as with colors; humuhumu onionio, broidered work. Puk. 28:39. Hoo. Kapa hoonionio, broidered work. Ezek. 16:10.

onohiula [o-no-hi-u-la].  s. A deep red; a species of red color.

ʻōwela [ʻō·wela].  vs. hottish, warm, feverish; burned and blistered, as by sun; glowing, bright, as feather cloaks and helmets of an army; heat. see ex. kamaʻehu.
 

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paʻa i ka waihoʻoluʻu.  colored (EH)

paele [pa-e-le].  v. Pa and ele, black. To be covered with dirt; to besmear; to blacken, as with charcoal; to color the skin black; ua paeleia ka hapalua hookahi o ke kanaka a eleele loa; to paint black; e paele i ka waa. s. A black skin; blackness; a dark color.

palaa [pa-laa].  s. Almost any dark color, such as brown, purple, &c.; lole palaa.

palahea [pa-la-he-a].  Hoo. To stain; to color, as with blood. Isa. 63:3.

palakea [pa-la-ke-a].  adj. Pala and kea, white. Anything soft and white; white; clear; unclouded; unshaded with any color.

palaki₂.  vs. black, as skin. Eng.

pala luhiehu [pala luhi·ehu].  nvs. golden yellow, a beautiful yellow.

palapalaulu [pala·pala·ulu].  vs. colorful.

Palapalaulu i ke kanaka.Colorful with people.

palapō [pala·pō].  nvs. dark, darkness. lit., black smudge.

palaunu₂.  adj. brown. (NKE)

paninio [pa-ni-ni-o].  v. To color or dye with gay colors; to paint or print as the kilohana was formerly printed. See panionio.

panio [pa-ni-o].  v. To spot; to paint in spots; to variegate, as colors; to write.

panionio [pa-ni-o-ni-o].  v. See onio. To print a kapa in gaudy colors; to variegate in colors; to dye with different colors, but more or less gaudy.

pano [pa-no].  adj. Black; deep blue; deep dark colored, as heavy clouds; dark, as the appearance of a fathomless abyss.

panopano [pano·pano].  redup. of pano, dark, black... [(CE) PPN *paŋo, black]

ao panopanothick cloud

ʻEleʻele Hilo ē, hoʻopanopano i ka ua.Hilo is black, darkened in the rain.

hoʻopanopanoredup. of hoʻopano

ʻO pano ia, ʻo panopano ʻo Kāne i ka pō panopano i hānau.A darkness, a dark darkness, Kāne born in the deep dark night. (KL. line 386–7)

panopano [pa-no-pa-no].  s. Blackness; a deep blue color; shining jet blackness.

papanoo [pa-pa-noo].  adj. See pano and papano. Dark colored; black, as a black cloud.

pauli [pa-u-li].  adj. Pa and uli, blue. Dark colored; blue, as the sea; pauli ke kai. adj. Dark; black with thick darkness.

pau pāʻele.  vs. very black, dirty. see pāʻele.

peni kala.  n. crayon. also kala₁₈. Niʻihau.

pikapika₃ [pika·pika].  vs. variegated, spotted; of varying colors, as the ocean.

pikopiko [pi-ko-pi-ko].  v. See piko. To be spotted; to be variegated with different colors; mostly applied to the smooth unruffled spots on the surface of the ocean in a calm. See maokioki.

po.  adj. Dark; dark colored; obscure.

poele [po-e-le].  v. Po, night, and ele, black. To be very dark, as a dark night; to be black colored. adj. Dark blue; black as night; dark colored.

poeleele [po-e-le-e-le].  v. See poele. To be or become dark, as night; to become black. Hoo. To cause darkness. Puk. 10:21.

poliele [po-li-e-le].  adj. Deep blue; black; shining black; panopano. Shining black; a deep blue.

polina.  nvs. resplendent, shiny black. rare. 

polohiwa [polo·hiwa].  vs. dark, glistening black, as clouds or tapa. (Kep. 175)

Ua hala i ke ao polohiwa a Kānepassed to the dark clouds of Kāne [death]

polohiwa [po-lo-hi-wa].  adj. Dark; black, as a black cloud; shining black. Puk. 19:16. s. A shining black cloud.

polū.  vs. blue, as of clothes or Euro-American objects and not of sea or sky. cf. uliuli. Eng.

poni₂.  nvs. purple, any purplish color (a color associated with the first glimmer of dawn). cf. poni liʻulā, poniponi. [PPN *poŋi, dark-coloured variety of taro]

He poni uliuli ā he poni ʻulaʻula kō lākou lole.Dark-purple and reddish-purple were their clothes. (Ier. 10.9)

poni [po-ni].  Color; coloring matter. Ier. 10:9. A mixture of colors; purple. Puk. 25:4. The light indistinct shades of colors in cloth. adj. Of or pertaining to color, as colored cloth or garments; aahu poni uliuli. Eset. 8:15. Having the changeable colors of silk; hence, lole poni, purple. Oih. 16:14. Lole poni mahana, the warm, sweetscented (variegated) garments. Lunk. 8:26.

poniponi [poni·poni].  redup. of poni₂, purple, dawn... PPN *pongipongi.

kakahiaka poniponipurple morning [before dawn]

puaʻa hiwa.  n. a solid-black pig, much desired for sacrifice.

puakea₁ [pua·kea].  nvs. pale-colored, especially a tint between white and pink, as sunset clouds; the color of a buckskin horse. cf. naʻenaʻe pua kea.

hoʻopuakeato appear bright, shine

ʻilipuakeawhite person [a poetical name]

kuʻu lio puakeamy buckskin horse

puakea [pu-a-ke-a].  adj. Pale; wanting color. Hoik. 6:8.

pualena₁ [pua·lena].  nvs. yellow color; to appear yellow, as said of dawn or muddy water.

Ka wā e pualena ana ʻo ke ao.The time when the light appears yellow at dawn. (Puk. 14.27)

pua niu₂.  vs. color of the coconut flower; ivory-colored.

puhaaa [pu-ha-a-a].  v. To be clear; to be light colored; to be white; to appear distinct, as a thing by itself.

puhiʻōniʻo [puhiʻō·niʻo].  vt. to paint in spotted colors, as tapa.

puhionio [pu-hi-o-ni-o].  v. To paint or color in a spotted manner; to stamp with different colors, as kapa in former times.

pūkoʻa₂ [pū·koʻa].  vs. spotted, as in several colors. cf. puaʻa pūkoʻa.

pulepule₂ [pule·pule].  vs. spotted, speckled with various colors, as a chicken. PPN *pulepule.

pulepule [pu-le-pu-le].  adj. Spotted; speckled; of different colors. [(AN) PPN *pule-pule, spotted]

pūnoni [pū·noni].  nvs. red dye from noni-root bark; red, as tapa dyed thus.

hoʻopūnonito dye red with this dye

Lehua pūnoni ʻula ke kai o Kona, ke kai pūnoni ʻula i ʻōweo ʻia.Lehua flower that colors red the sea of Kona, the sea dyed red with scarlet. (chant)

punoni [pu-no-ni].  s. Name of a dye, probably of the noni, for coloring kapas.

pūnono [pū·nono].  vs. gorgeously red, filled with sunshine, ever-beautiful; flushed red, as the skin; gorgeous.

hoʻopūnonoto make attractive with bright or red colors, to dress or appear gorgeous

Mau loa nō koʻu mahalo nui i ka nani pūnono o Kahana.My great admiration for the gorgeous beauty of Kahana remains always. (song)

punonoula [pu-no-no-u-la].  v. To be spotted, as the skin in some diseases; to be colored white and red.

puuliuli [pu-u-li-u-li].  adj. Dark; black; dark colored. See pouliuli.
 

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uauahi [ua·uahi].  nvs. smoky-gray color, as of tapa; gray quality, as of a whitened sugar-cane leaf; smoky, hazy; a reddish-blue tapa. (Kam. 76:157)

ʻula₁.  nvi. red, scarlet; brown, as skin of Hawaiians; to appear red. cf. ʻulaʻula. [PPN *kula, red]

A ʻula! ʻUla ka maka!Red! Red-eyed! [a rude remark, often said while drawing down an eyelid, a way of wishing ill luck]

hōʻulato redden, make red

Ke Kai ʻUlaRed Sea

piʻi ka ʻulato blush, flush

ula [u-la].  s. Redness; a scarlet color. Puk. 25:4. Red, v. 5; ua like ka ulaula me ka weo; name of a red fish. See ula.

ʻula hiwa.  nvs. purplish red, dark red, as of a Rhode Island Red chicken; a red cock; formerly, a black cock with red neck feathers and red rump feathers. see ex. uakea₂.

ʻulakaiano [ʻula·kai·ano].  n. anthocyanin, i.e. a kind of pigment producing blue to red coloring in flowers and plants. comb. ʻula + kyanos (Greek, blue).

ʻula mākuʻe [ʻula mā·kuʻe].  nvs. dark or purplish red.

ʻula mākuʻe [ʻula mā·kuʻe].  vs. magenta.

ʻulaʻōkoko [ʻulaʻō·koko].  vs. blood-red.

ulaokoko [u-la-o-ko-ko].  adj. Ula and koko, blood. Red, as fire, or anything painted bright red; red, as blood, or blood red. NOTE.—Sometimes the last a falls out in speaking, thus, ula—koko.

ʻulaʻula₁.  redup of ʻula₁ red, scarlet; brown, as skin of Hawaiians; to appear red. bay, as a horse. PPN *kulakula.

hōʻulaʻulato redden, make red

ʻili ʻulaʻula a naʻau ʻulaʻulavenom-tongued and heart filled with hate

mea hōʻulaʻula lehelehelipstick

mea hōʻulaʻula papālinarouge

ʻulaʻula o ke ahithe red of fire; fig., a flush of intoxication, newly distilled liquor

ulaula [u-la-u-la].  s. Redness; a scarlet color. Puk. 25:4. Red, v. 5; ua like ka ulaula me ka weo; name of a red fish. See ula.

uli₁.  nvs. any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds; the black-and-blue of a bruise. Some song composers avoid this word because connotations of evil or misfortune are associated with darkness and because Uli is a goddess of sorcery (see Uli₂). also uliuli. [PPN *ʻuli, black, dark in colour]

hoʻoulito darken, to make blue, green, etc.; to make the skin black and blue; to bruise

kai ulithe deep blue sea

nā pali ulithe green cliffs

nuku ulidark lips

uli ka makaa black eye

Uli mahole ka ʻili.The skin is bruised black-and-blue. (song)

uli [u-li].  adj. Blue; cerulean blue; green, as a meadow; whatever is green among vegetables. Puk. 9:22. Pertaining to a dark or dusty color; uli ka wai o ka niu. s. The blue sky; ka poe nana uli o ke alii, the foretellers of the weather. Laieik. 36.

uliuli [u-li-u-li].  adj. See uli. Blue. Puk. 25:4. Green. Kanl. 12:2. Dark colored. Iob. 6:16. Black. Mel. Sol. 5:11. Ka moana uliuli; ka lole uliuli. s. Green things; verdure; a pasture. Ioel. 1:19.

uliuli₁ [uli·uli].  same as uli₁, any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds...

he lole uliuliblue clothing (Puk. 25.4)

hoʻouliulisame as hoʻouli

ʻili uliulibrown skin

Nile UliuliBlue Nile [+]

uliuli mauevergreen
 

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waiele [wai-e-le].  s. Wai and ele, dark colored. A dye for cloth or kapa.

waiʻeleʻele₁.  n. black dye.

waieleele [wai-e-le-e-le].  s. Wai and eleele, black. LIT. Black water, i. e., ink. See inika.

waihoʻoluʻu [wai·hoʻo·luʻu].  n.v. color, dye, coloring liquid; to impart scent.

He aha ka waihoʻoluʻu o kēlā pua?What is the color of that flower?

paʻa i ka waihoʻoluʻudyed, colored

waihooluu [wai-hoo-luu].  s. Wai and hooluu, to dye. Water for coloring; a dye.

waihoʻoluʻu hui kea [wai·hoʻo·luʻu hui kea].  n. additive color, i.e. one of the primary colors (red, blue, green) which, when added together, produce white light. lit., color (which) combines white.

waikālā, waidala [wai·kā·lā].  nvs. quicksilver, mercury; silver, silver-colored. lit., silver liquid.

wai kula, wai gula.  vs. gold-colored.

weʻa₂.  n. a red dye; to print or color red.

wea [we-a].  To print or color red. s. A red dye; red coloring matter; he koho ulaula.

wehi [we-hi].  s. Blackness; a black spot; a deep dark color.

wehiwehi [we-hi-we-hi].  v. To be deep blue; to be black; to have black stripes.

wenawena [we-na-we-na].  adj. Red; of a reddish color.

weo₁.  nvs. red, redness; to blush. see ex. pano. [(EP) PPN *weo, copper]

weo [we-o].  s. See wea. Redness; freshness; a red color; ua like ka ulaula me ka weo; he weo ke kanaka, he pano ke alii.

weoweo₁ [weo·weo].  redup. of weo₁, red... PCP *weoweo.

wewena [we-we-na].  v. To be of a reddish color; ahiahia; some faded or indistinct color.

wili₃.  n. spirals of several colors in composite leis, as of the cigar flower (kīkā).