At an Italian show in London I saw some pasta in different colours. The brand name was Livera. I came home with a brochure showing handy pictures of different shapes and colours of pasta.
Here are my translations into Italian which will help you translate Italian pastas and other foods on restaurant menus. Also for trnaslating packaging of items you consider buying in shops or online.
Italian - English
acqua - water
arancio - orange
bicolore - two colour / two tone
colori - colours (plural)
di - of / made of
doppio cuore - double heart
duro - hard
e - and
farfalla - butterfly (feinine singular ending in a)
farfalle - butterflies (feminite plural, shaped pasta piece)
fischi - whistles
fischietti - little whistles
funghetti - mushrooms (or mushroom shaped pasta)
giallo - yellow
grano duro - durum wheat
limone - lemon
maxi - large
mini - small
monumenti - monuments
nero - black
orecchiette - ears
orsetti - teddy bears
papillon - bow tie
peperoncino - paprika
spinaci - spinach
rosso - red
tonde - round
tricolore - three colours / three tones
English - Italian
Black - nero
Bow tie - papillon
Orange - aranchio
red - rosso
round - tonde
spinach - spinaci (plurral)
teddy bears - orsetti
Three colours - tricolore
Whistles - fischi
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