Japanese Colors For Beginners: How To Describe Color

This lesson will teach you the most common primary and secondary colors in Japanese.

Fun fact: In traditional Japanese culture and art, black, red, blue-green, white and yellow were viewed as standard colors. The reason for this is that these colors represent the five elements: water, fire, wood, metal and earth.

Colors in Japanese

Examples:

• My car is white.

• 私 自 動 車 は 白 で す

• Watashi jidōsha wa shirodesu.

• My eyes are brown.

• 私 の 目 は 茶 色 で す

• Watashi no me wa chairodesu.

• My father's shirt is red.

• 父 の シャ ツ は 赤 で す

• Chichi no shatsu wa akadesu

• She look at me with her green eyes.

• 彼 女 は 緑 の 目 で 私 を 見 て

• Kanojo wa midori no me de watashi o mite.

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