Learn the Colors in Japanese: Pronunciation, Characters and Vocabulary

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

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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
kimidori 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?