SUMMARY The names of colours in the Lithuanian dialects have not been investigated at all; therefore, the topic of the present work for Master of Arts “The Names of Colours in Dialects” is relevant and important. The aim of the work is to investigate and describe the names of colours in dialects. The main objectives of the work: 1) to identify the frequency of the use of the names of colours; 2) to identify the kind of things the characteristic colour of which is marked by the names of colours; 3) to identify the semantic contents of the names of colours. The methods of the work: descriptive, statistical, the method of semantic analysis. The material has been selected from 6 dialectal dictionaries: “Dictionary of Daukšiai Region” by V. Labutis; “Dictionary of Druskininkai Dialect” by G. Naktinienė, A. Paulauskienė, V. Vitkauskas; “Dictionary of Lazūnai Dialect” by J. Petrauskas, A. Vidugiris, “Dictionary of North East Dūnininkai Subdialects” by V. Vitkauskas; Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of “Dictionary of Zanavykai Subdialect” by R. Bacevičiūtė, G. Čepaitienė, V. Sakalauskienė, J. Švambarytė, K. Vosylytė; “Dictionary of Zietela Subdialect” by A. Vidugiris. The object of the work: 1) combinations in which certain two denotats are compared according to the common feature of a colour; 2) usually metaphoric combinations epithet + noun marking a characteristic feature (the combinations in which the name of a colour has a secondary meaning have been rejected); 3) metaphoric derivatives... [to full text]