Colors in Japanese

Okay, this isn’t going to be a very long post, but I definitely think it’s an important. Knowing basic colors are as important as being able to count in a language, it’s one of those basics that you would easily take for granted in your native language. Unfortunately, though, Japanese isn’t my native tongue. I have been here in Japan for far too long not to have a bigger repertoire of colors in my vocabulary, but I need to work on them, so let’s practice our colors, okay?

Red- Aka, 赤　あか
Orange- Daidaiiro, 橙色　だいだいいろ
Yellow- Kiiro, 黄色　きいろ
Green- Midori, 緑　みどり
Light Blue-Mizuiro, 水色　みずいろ
Blue- Ao, 青　あお
Purple/Violet- Murasaki, 紫　むらさき
Black- Kuro, 黒　くろ
White- Shiro, 白　しろ
Gray- Haiiro/ Gurey, 灰色　はいいろ
Pink- Pinku,ピンク　ぴんく
Silver- Giniro, 銀色　ぎんいろ
Gold- Kiniro, 金色　きんいろ
Brown- Chairo, 茶色　ちゃいろ

I hope you found this useful. See you next post!!

Donald Ash