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Japanese colors

Basic colors

name rōmaji translation
\(\overset{あか}{赤}\) aka red
\(オレンジ、\overset{だいだいいろ}{橙色}\) orenji, daidai-iro orange
\(\overset{き}{黄}\overset{いろ}{色}\) ki-iro yellow
\(\overset{みどり}{緑}\) midori green
\(\overset{みず}{水}\overset{いろ}{色}\) mizu-iro light blue
\(\overset{あお}{青}\) ao blue
\(\overset{こん}{紺}\overset{いろ}{色}\) kon-iro dark blue
\(\overset{むらさき}{紫}\) murasaki purple
\(ピンク\) pinku pink
\(\overset{ちゃ}{茶}\overset{いろ}{色}\) cha-iro brown
\(\overset{くろ}{黒}\) kuro black
\(\overset{しろ}{白}\) shiro white
\(\overset{はい}{灰}\overset{いろ}{色}\) hai-iro gray/grey
\(\overset{はだ}{肌}\overset{いろ}{色}\) hada-iro flesh
\(\overset{きん}{金}\overset{いろ}{色}\) kin-iro gold
\(\overset{ぎん}{銀}\overset{いろ}{色}\) gin-iro silver
\(\overset{にじ}{虹}\overset{いろ}{色}\) niji-iro rainbow

\(紅\)

name rōmaji translation
\(\overset{くれない}{紅}\) kurenai crimson
\(\overset{べに}{紅}\) beni rouge
\(\overset{あか}{紅}\) aka red
\(\overset{もみ}{紅}\) momi red silk
\(\overset{こう}{紅}\) kou crimson

Traditional japanese colors (coming soon...)