| SAXE | Light blue colour with a greyish tinge |
| LAVENDER | A pale blue colour with a trace of mauve (8) |
| NEARWHITE | In weather that's bad, a greyish tinge |
| ASHY | Of a greyish colour (4) |
| AQUA | Light blue color |
| GANG | Working group shown by only half a greyish Australian cockatoo (4) |
| OYSTER | Bivalve mollusc with a shuck for a shell; or a pale beige colour with a hint of pinkish-grey (6) |
| RED | Colour with a shade named after Titian; light signalling "stop"; vin rouge; or, a ring between blue and gold on an archery target (3) |
| NAVYBLUE | Colour with a nautical name (4,4) |
| PINK | Fragrant flower in the genus Dianthus; a colour with shades including blush, coral and rose; or, a scarlet jacket worn by some fox-hunters (4) |
| CERISE | Deep red colour with a tinge of pink or also name for a cherry in French |
| SALMONPINK | Rosy colour with a hint of apricot or peach, like the flesh of a keta (6,4) |
| IOMOTH | North American insect, the male of which is bright yellow in colour with a blue and pink eyelike spot on each hind wing (2,4) |
| PEAGREEN | Bright colour with a yellow tinge - eager pen (anag) (3,5) |
| JACKDAW | A small crow with a greyish neck and underparts (7) |
| BLUE | Used by Thomas Gainsborough to create one of his notable portraits, a colour with shades including lapis lazuli, turquoise, peacock and indigo (4) |
| WARM | Word used to describe a colour with orange, red or yellow tones (4) |
| URNS | More than one container changes colour with top removed (4) |
| TINT | Add colour with explosive stuff about one of the Romans (4) |
| TONE | Add a bit of colour with voice inflection |
