| Arm. | pil | blue |
| Anc.Greek | peliós | dark blue, pale. There is some confusion in the definitions of the colours peliós,pellos et polyós (3.1.38) |
| Anc.Greek | péleios | old (i.e. grey) |
| Anc.Greek | peleiás | pigeon |
| Anc.Greek | pellós | dark, blackish |
| Anc.Greek | pellós | Grey Heron, 118 |
| Russian | peliosyj | spotted |
| Russian | polosa | striated |
| Russian | polosataja | Black-throated Diver, 64 |
| Alb. | pelin | absinth (a pale ash-coloured plant) |
| Sbc. | pèlen | whitish |
| Anc.Greek | pelenai | ashes |
| Lith. | pelenaî | id. |
| Prussian | palanne | id. |
| Anc.Greek | opállis | a precious stone |
| Skr. | ûpalah | id. |
| Franç. | opale | a precious stone with iridescent colours (no possible relation to Skr. ûpa "under") |
| Anc.Greek | spilos | spot |
| Mod.Greek: Tsakon. | spoilopo | grey |
| Mod.Greek: Tsakon | spoïliari | Linnet, 422 |
| Mod.Greek: Tsakon. | spoïa | ashes |
| Mod.Greek: Tsakon. | spodo | id. |
| Anc.Greek | spodos | id. |
| Roman. | pui | spot (a semantic relation to pui "chicken" is impossible) |
| Alb. | palará | pigeon, 255 |
| Anc.Greek | pelargos | "stork" (perhaps the Grey Heron, 118) |
| Lith. | pelé | mouse |
| Lettish | sapelèjis | mouldy |
| Anc.Greek | pylos | clay |
| Lith. | pilkas | grey (wool, goose) |
| Lith. | pelèkas | grey |
| Alb. | plak | grey |
| Lith. | pals, palSas | pale |
| Skr. | palíta | grey |
| Tadjik | folàdi | grey |
| Kreewinen | paltín | pigeon, 255 |
| Wotiak | palla | pigeon, 255 |
| Prussian | poalis | pigeon, 255 |
| Anc.Greek | pelidnos | grey |
| Roman. | pâli | to turn pale |
| Ital. | pallido | pale, French pale,pâlot |
| Ital. | palése | clear, patent, known, public |
| Port. | palhete | verging on yellow (wine) |
| Franç. | paillé, paillet | id. |
| Franç. | paille | stubble |
| Ital.nord | paglia | stubble, dry reeds |
| Gael.S. | peile | sheen |
| Gael.S. | peleid | crown of head |