Similes with colors

In English as in any language, you can invent any simile you like. However, we also have certain standard, or at least very common, similes that most native speakers will at least know, if not use. Today we'll look at some that incorporate colors (BrEng colours). We're going to stick to the simple as ... as formula.

• as red as blood / a rose
  
• as red as a beet (BrEng beetroot) (embarrased or angry)
  
• as white as snow
  
• as white as a ghost / a sheet (when you're ill or scared)
  
• as black as night / coal / the ace of spades (playing card)
  
• as good as gold
• as blue as the sky
  

If you're really interested in similes, check out similipedia, which catalogues similes from literature.