mēļš

From the same stem as melns (q.v.): Proto-Baltic *mel-n, from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“dark, red color; dirty”). Interestingly, the same stem gave rise to blue- and black-color terms in Baltic languages. Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal mė́las (“blue”), Sudovian mełno (“black”).^[1]

mēļš (definite mēļais, comparative mēļāks, superlative vismēļākais, adverb mēļi)

1. dark blue, blue with a tone of violet

   mēļš tērps ― dark blue suit

   mēļas asteres ― dark blue asters (= aster flowers)

   mēļa krēsla ― dark blue dusk

   villaines audums bijis krāsots tumši zilā, mēļā krāsā ― wollen shawl fabric was died dark blue, violet-blue

• krāsa
• Basic colors:

  balts, brūns, dzeltens, melns, oranžs, pelēks, rozā, sarkans, sārts, violets, zaļš, zils