Languages › Japanese Learn the Colors in Japanese Share Flipboard Email Print Ilona Nagy/Moment Open/Getty Images Japanese Essential Japanese Vocabulary History & Culture Japanese Grammar By Namiko Abe Japanese Language Expert B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University Namiko Abe is a Japanese language teacher and translator, as well as a Japanese calligraphy expert. She has been a freelance writer for nearly 20 years. our editorial process Namiko Abe Updated May 06, 2019 In Japanese, all colors are treated as nouns, unlike English, which also considers colors to be adjectives. Common Colors and Phrases Iro 色 - Colors Ao 青 - Blue Aka 赤 - Red Chairo 茶色 - Brown Daidaiiro 橙色 - Orange Haiiro 灰色 - Grey Kiiro 黄色 - Yellow Kkimidori 黄緑 - Light green Kuro 黒 - Black Midori 緑 - Green Mizuiro 水色 - Light blue Momoiro 桃色 - Pink Murasaki 紫 - Purple Shiro 白 - White Sukina iro wa nan desu ka. 好きな色は何ですか。- What is your favorite color? Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Abe, Namiko. "Learn the Colors in Japanese." ThoughtCo, Feb. 16, 2021, thoughtco.com/colors-2028135. Abe, Namiko. (2021, February 16). Learn the Colors in Japanese. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/colors-2028135 Abe, Namiko. "Learn the Colors in Japanese." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/colors-2028135 (accessed October 26, 2021). copy citation