Interesting take on Colours and Metals in Thanjavur Marathi!

Common colours in Thanjavur Marathi .....

Colours are called ..."RUNG"  "रंग"
Is it possible that this was derived  from Urdu? Who knows!

For a colorful design , a 'kolam' or 'rangoli', the TM word is " RAANGOLI" ,"रांगोळी"
This looks more original, note the elongated 'aa' sound and the unmatched 'ळ' !

All of us must have heard of the " RAANGOLICHA DABBA"  (The box containing the "RAANGOLICHA PUUD" (rangoli powder)


Now for the colours...

THAMDA... RED

HIRVA.... GREEN

NEELA...  BLUE

PIYULA...YELLOW

KAALA...BLACK

PHANDRA....WHITE

NAARANGI.... ORANGE 

JHAAMBLA...PURPLE

As the above indicates, the rest of the colours were identified with fruits or vegetables. Like Jhaambla is the kala jamun fruit that is purple in colour. 
So then you have,

VANNGYACHA RANG

KAANDECHA RANG and so on..

Now for the Metals....

SONA...for  GOLD

ROOPA ... for  SILVER

Interesting input from one of our followers, Divya  is... THAMBOOSA ..for  COPPER. Also called
"THAMRA"

PITTHAL  ...for BRASS

LOKHAND ...for IRON

KAANSE....for  BELL METAL ( an alloy vessel of this Kaanse was used to make saar)

 SHISE  ... for LEAD