The Maori word for the colour red is 'whero'.
kowhai
The Maori word "mawhero" is used for the color red.
red and black and brown and white and they used felix poole as it :)
The color orange in Maori is "karaka."
Mars = Matawhero (literally "Red Mars")
The sacred pigment, Kokowai (red Ochre) was made from clay rich in iron and aluminium silicates which was burnt, ground and mixed with oil. Mythologically, its origin is the blod of PapaTuanuku, the Maori Earth Mother.
The Maori word for the color blue is "kikorangi."
red
The Maori word for white is "ma" or "mā" in the context of color.
The Maori name for Desmond is Hēmānia.
The Maori word for the color orange is "karaka."