The core colors.

• tsvukured (note whistled 'tsv'; adjective stem '-tsvuku')
• chenawhite (adjective stem '-chena'; also means clean/bright)
• temablack (adjective stem '-tema'; also means dark; 'dema' with class agreement)
• girinigreen (English loanword, widely used in everyday speech)
• bhuruublue (English loanword)
• yeroyellow (English loanword)
• pinkipink (English loanword)
• orenjiorange (English loanword; same word as the fruit)
• bhurawenibrown (English loanword)
• grey / gireigrey (English loanword; no common single traditional term)
• ruvaracolour (the noun; pl. 'mavara')
• -shavalight brown / tan / reddish-brown (traditional colour term, esp. of cattle/skin; takes class agreement)