Japanese Colors For Beginners: How To Describe Color
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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
| English | Kanji | Hiragana/Katakana | Romaji |
| Yellow | 黄 色 | きいろ | Kiiro |
| Orange | オレンジ | Orenji | |
| Aquamarine | アクアマリン | Akuamarin | |
| Blue | 青 | あお | Ao |
| Navy blue | 紺 | こん | Kon |
| Dark brown | ダークブラウン | Dākuburaun | |
| White | 白 | しろ | Shiro |
| Light blue | 天 の | てん の | Ten no |
| Golden | 金 の | きん の | Kin no |
| Gray | 灰 色 | はいいろ | Haiiro |
| Brown | 茶 色 | ちゃいろ | Chairo |
| Purple | 紫 | むらさき | Murasaki |
| Black | 黒 | くろ | Kuro |
| Silver | 銀 | ぎん | Gin |
| Red | 赤 | あか | Aka |
| Pink | 桃 色 | ももいろ / ピ ン ク | Momoiro / Pinku |
| Turquoise | ト ル コ 石 | トルコいし | Torukoishi |
| Green | 緑 | みどり | Midori |
| Light green | 光 を | みどり の ひかり を | Midori no hikari o |
| Violet | す み れ | Sumire | |
| Sapphire | サファイア | Safaia |
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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