The core colors.

• yofiirared (adjective agreeing with class 9 noun e.g. nyumba; stem '-fiira')
• yakudablack (lit. 'of darkness'; stem '-kuda')
• yoyerawhite (also 'clean'; stem '-yera')
• yobiriwiragreen (stem '-biriwira')
• yachikasuyellow (from 'chikasu')
• yabuluublue (borrowed from English 'blue')
• yalalanjeorange (from 'lalanje' = orange fruit)
• yapinkipink (borrowed from English)
• yofiirirapurple / deep violet (lit. 'deep red'; everyday way to say purple)
• yabulaunibrown (borrowed from English; also 'mtundu wa dothi' = earth color)
• yotuwagrey / ash-colored (stem '-tuwa', color of ash)
• mtunducolor (noun; pl. 'mitundu', also means 'type/kind')