Giant Freaking Japanese Color List
This listās intention is to give quite a few common-ish colors a home together in one post for learning purposes and spicing up oneās color vocabulary. For color names that donāt match their English equivalents, Iāve given what I feel is the most accurate translation of the name, plus the literal meaning of the Japanese name for the color. Iāve mostly excluded color names likeĀ
ēć£é»ļ¼ć¾ć£ććļ¼pure black
å¢Øč²ļ¼ććæććļ¼inky black (literally ink color)
ęæ”ćē¾½č²ļ¼ć¬ćć°ććļ¼jet black (literally wet wing color)
ēē¾½č²ļ¼ćććć°ćć) glossy black (literally crow wing black)
éč²ļ¼ć«ć¶ććļ¼dark, dull grey (literally dull color)
éč²ļ¼ćŖć¾ćććļ¼lead color (livid)
é¼ č²ļ¼ćććæćć) darkish grey, like rat fur (literally rat color)
é¼č²ļ¼ćÆććććļ¼steel color (steel blue, blueish-gray)
ę”č²ļ¼ćććććļ¼pale pink (literally cherry blossom color)
ę”č²ļ¼ććććļ¼light pink (literally (Japanese) peach color)
岩ē¤č²ļ¼ćććććććļ¼coral reef color (darkish pink)
ēć£čµ¤ļ¼ć¾ć£ćļ¼pure red
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č²ļ¼ććć°ćććļ¼red Japanese plum color
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č²ļ¼ć¹ć«ććļ¼crimson
éč²ļ¼ć¦ć¤ććļ¼reddish-black (literally iron color)
ę©č²ļ¼ć ćć ćććļ¼orange
čč²ļ¼ćććććļ¼deep reddish-orange (like that of a sunset) (literally madder red)
ęæč²ļ¼ććććļ¼reddish-brown (literally persimmon color)
ę±č²ļ¼ćć
ććļ¼vermillion/ cinnabar
ē·č²ļ¼ć²ććļ¼vermillion (often translated as scarlet)
鳄ć®åč²ļ¼ćØćć®ćććļ¼eggshell color (literally birdās egg color)
ēåč²ļ¼ćć¾ćććļ¼light yellowish (literally egg color)
å±±å¹č²ļ¼ćć¾ć¶ćććļ¼bright, golden yellow (literally mountain blow color (wish I knew about this one for my previous color post..))
é»åč²ļ¼ććć©ććļ¼yellow ochre
ē„ēč²ļ¼ććÆćććļ¼amber color
čé»č² (ććććć) yellowish-green (literally sprouting yellow color)
ę³č²ļ¼ććŖćććļ¼pea green (literally willow green)
é¶Æč²(ćććććļ¼similar to olive green, perhaps slightly lighter (literally Japanese nightingale green)
čč²ļ¼ććććļ¼moss green
č„čč²ļ¼ććććććļ¼chartreuse, lime grren (literally young grass color)
ēæ”ēæ č²ļ¼ć²ććććļ¼jade green
åę³ē· (ć”ćØććæć©ćļ¼evergreen (literally 1,000 year green)
ä»ęč¶ oråę³č¶ (ććććć”ćļ¼dark brownish-green (literally 1,000 year tea)
é“Øć®ē¾½č²ļ¼ććć®ćÆććļ¼teal (literally duck wing color)
éē·č² or éē·ļ¼ćććććććć or ćććæć©ć) Ā turquoise/ aqua (literally blue-green color)
ē¢§č²ļ¼ćøććććļ¼greenish-blue (sorta that sea water blue color)
ēć£éļ¼ć¾ć£ććļ¼pure blue
ē½ę®ŗćor čē½ (ććććć or ććććļ¼very light whitish blue (literally white killing or indigo white)
ē¶č¦č²ļ¼ććć®ććććļ¼lightish blue (literally water jug peek color)
ę°“č²ļ¼ćæćććļ¼light blue (literally water color)
ē©ŗč²ļ¼ććććļ¼sky blue
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č±č²ļ¼ćććććļ¼dark cyan (literally pale leek color.. ??)
ēø¹č²ļ¼ćÆćŖć ććļ¼light blue
ē ēč²ļ¼ććććļ¼cobalt blue
ē“ŗē¢§ļ¼ćććŗćļ¼azure
ē“ŗč²ļ¼ććććļ¼navy blue
åć¤č²ļ¼ćć¤ććļ¼dark, blackish indigo (literally victory color)
čč²ļ¼ćććć) indigo
č¤č²ļ¼ćµćććļ¼lavender (literally wisteria color)
č«č²ļ¼ććæćććļ¼violet
č”čč²ļ¼ćć³ćć or ć¶ć©ćććļ¼dark purple, maroon (literally shrimp color or grape color respectively)
ćć¼ćøć„č²ļ¼ćć¼ćøć„ććļ¼beige
čč²ļ¼ćÆć ććļ¼skin color
č¶č²ļ¼ć”ćććļ¼tawny brown, lightish brown (literally tea color)
ēč²ļ¼ćć¤ćććļ¼light brown, orangish-brown (literally fox color)
č¤č²ļ¼ćć£ćććļ¼brown
鳶č²ļ¼ćØć³ććļ¼auburn (literally black kite color (a type of bird))
ē¦ćč¶č²ļ¼ććć”ćććļ¼dark brown (literally burnt tea brown)
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č²ļ¼ććććććļ¼copper
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č²ļ¼ććć©ćććļ¼bronze (that sort of greenish rusted bronze) (literally blue copper/bronze color)
ā-these last few are just color-related termsā-
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ļ¼ććććļ¼fluorescent
éęļ¼ćØćććļ¼clear
ć”ćæćŖććÆļ¼metallic)
Alright, that about covers everything I wanted to put in this post. I shied away from including colors that are loanwords (like ćŖćŖć¼ćč²ļ¼because they are usually pretty self-explanatory. feel free to correct me if I made any errors, or add other colors you find important which I may have missed. If people make enough additions to add other advanced colors, I may end up making a part 2 for this post. Thanks for reading.
