色

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. どんな色が好き?▶ —
   What color?
2. 青い色が好きです。▶ —
   I like blue.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Iro (色) is "color" — B + cluster (four-seasons cultural cluster). Cluster: (1) shiki no iro (spring sakura-iro, summer aozora-iro, autumn momiji-iro, winter yuki-iro); (2) 466 named traditional Japanese colors (sakura-iro, akane-iro, shikon, asagi); (3) iro-chigai (marketing); (4) iroke (charm — uniquely Japanese).

Quick check

1. Japans dentou-shoku?

   • 466 named traditional Japanese colors — split by era; sakura, akane, shikon, asagi orthodox
   • 50
   • Same as West
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