Colours

Question 1

青い

Answer 1

あおい

Blue

Question 2

赤い

Answer 2

あかい

Red

Question 3

白い

Answer 3

しろい

White

Question 4

黒い

Answer 4

くろい

Black

Question 5

茶色い

Answer 5

ちゃいろい

Brown

Question 6

黄色い

Answer 6

きいいろい

Yellow

Question 7

What are the 4 traditional Japanese colours?

Answer 7

青い、赤い、黒い、白い

Blue, Red, Black, White

Question 8

Which 6 colours can be used as i-adjectives?

Answer 8

青い、赤い、黒い、白い, 茶色い、黄色い

Blue, Red, Black, White, Brown, Yellow

Question 9

What is the difference between colour noun and colour adjective?

Answer 9

There are only 6 colour adjectives that have an い form. All other colours are treated as nouns.

Question 10

How you connect a colour noun with a noun?

Answer 10

When you describe a noun with a colour noun, the の particle must come after the colour.

Ex.　青りんご
Green apple

Do you know why 青 is used to describe a green noun?

Question 11

Ex.　青りんご
Green apple

Do you know why 青 is used to describe a green noun?

Answer 11

In the past, Japanase used 青 to describe 4 colours: blue, purple, grey, green.

So when you are talking about green object, you always say 青 followed by the object.

Question 12

灰色

Answer 12

はいいろ

Grey

Question 13

桃色

Answer 13

ももいろ

Pink

Question 14

金色

Answer 14

きんいろ

Gold

Question 15

銀色

Answer 15

ぎんいろ

Silver