The core colors.

• රතුred (ratu)
• නිල්blue (nil)
• කොළgreen (koḷa; same word as 'leaf')
• කහyellow (kaha; same word as 'turmeric')
• කළුblack (kaḷu)
• සුදුwhite (sudu)
• තැඹිලිorange (tæmbili; from the orange-husked king coconut)
• දම්purple (dam)
• රෝසpink (rōsa)
• දුඹුරුbrown (dumburu)
• අළුgrey (aḷu; same word as 'ash')
• රන්වන්gold / golden (ranwan)