Color Vocabulary
色 Kanji : Color
ON ショク シキ
KUN いろ
色「いろ」iro : color
complexion
appearance; look
love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover
kind; type; variety
色「しょく」shoku : counter for colors
色彩「しきさい」shikisai : color; color; hue; tints
色素「しきそ」shikuso : pigment; coloring
カラー collar
color
calla (variety of arum lily)
彩り「いろどり」irodori : coloring; coloration; colouration; assortment; color scheme; makeup
すす色「すすいろ」susuiro : color of soot
色彩設計「しきさいせっけい」shikisaisekkei : color scheme; color design;
色気「いろけ」iroke : coloring; shade of color
sex appeal (esp. women); interest in the opposite sex; sensuality; seductiveness; glamor; glamour; sexual passion
romance; poetry; charm
desire; interest; inclination; ambition
色文「いろぶみ」irobumi : love-letter
色道「しきどう」shikidou : sexual passion
色香「いろか」iroka : color and scent; loveliness; charm
色弱「しきじゃく」shikijaku : slight color-blindness
色染め「いろぞめ」irozome : dyeing
景色「けしき」keshiki : scenery; scene; landscape
声色「こわいろ」kowairo : tone of voice, mimicry; imitative voice
旗色「たいろ」tairo : situation; outlook|one's allegiance; affiliation; position
暮色「ぼしょく」boshoku:dusk; twilight scene
本色「ほんしょく」honshoku:one's real character
出色「しゅっしょく」shusshoku: prominence; excellence
五色揚 「ごしきあげ」goshikiage: mixed fried vegetables
色めく「いろめく 」iromeku : to colour, to color, to be tinged, to brighten
to grow lively, to become excited, to be stirred
to waver, to show uneasiness
to grow amorous, to getsexy
色眼鏡「いろめがね」 iromegane : coloured glasses, tinted glasses, sunglasses
biased view, preconceived view
色めき立つ「いろめきたつ」 iromekitatsu : to become excited, to grow lively
色チ買い「いろチがい」 irochigai : buying more than one of the same item in different colors
色鮮やか「いろあざやか」 iroazayaka : vivid, brightly colored, brilliant, radiant
Color Adjectives (in color or colored)
ばら色「ばらいろ」barairo : rose-color
水色「みずいろ」mizuiro : light blue, pale blue, aqua color
白色「はくしょく」hakushoku : white color
黒色「こくしょく」kokushoku : black color
銀色「ぎんいろ」giniro : silver color
金色「きんいろ」kiniro : golden color
灰色「はいいろ」haiiro : grey, gray, ashen
黄色「きいろ」kiiro : yellow, amber
茶色「ちゃいろ」chairo : light brown, tawny
青色「あおいろ」aoiro : blue
桃色「ももいろ」momoiro : pink color, color of peach flowers)
赤色「あかいろ」okairo : red-colored, red
緑色「みどりいろ」midoriro : green, emerald green, green color of new foliage, verdure
紫色「むらさきいろ」murasakiiro : purple, violet
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