Learn the Colors in Japanese

Colored pencils

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by Namiko Abe
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.
Updated February 12, 2019

In Japanese, all colors are treated as nouns, unlike English, which also considers colors to be adjectives.

Common Colors and Phrases