A FEW COLORFUL WORDS
Also the name of a 2000 Vin Diesel flick, this 2-word color describes something dark as tar
Pitch Black
Known for splitting the red sea and a couple other good miracles
Moses
It's got the strongest gravity of any planet, nearly 2 1/2 times ours
Jupiter
In a sporty idiom, to make expectations higher is to do this, from field events like the pole vault
Raise the bar
Chip a piece of furniture, or cut yourself shaving
This colorful man's name is an acronym for the colors of the rainbow
Roy G. Biv
On "Batman", Robin gave us "Holy fate worse than death!", "Holy fog!", "Holy Graf Zeppelin!", & "Holy" this, killing one's brother
Fratricide
The greenhouse effect, not just proximity to the sun, makes this planet, the planet of love, one of the hottest places in the solar system
Venus
Someone of unappealing visage is said to have "a face for" this medium. The IUPTV studio is coincidentally next door
Radio
Specifically, the first light of day
Dawn
A southern university shares its name with this reddish color often used of hair
Auburn
Macaroni
It not only has an odd axis of rotation, it's also the coldest planet, with temps approaching -400 Fahrenheit. Don't laugh at it's name
Uranus
A disgruntled person in the morning may not want you to talk to them until they've had this caffeinated drink
Coffee
Toss out, or an inexpensive cut of beef
Chuck
There was this great book that got adapted into a duology of movies about the many shades of this color
Gray (Grey?)
In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", this "holy" weapon "of Antioch" gets explosive results after a count of "1, 2, 5!"
Hand Grenade
Put a ring on it! This planet has the lowest average density of any planet in the solar system & would float in a really big tub
Saturn
You'll find the French word for "beautiful" in this phrase for the most attractive person in a given setting
Belle of the ball
The head of a college, or the presiding official of a cathedral
Dean
A brownish excretion of the cuttlefish gave us this word familiar to photographers and people using Instagram filters
Sepia
Cow
Found in really old thermometers. Fun to play with, not to eat
Mercury
If you earn a living as a butcher and take home scraps for supper you'll be doing this in more ways than one
Bring home the bacon
By definition, a bricklayer or worker in stone
Mason