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Colors 

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iro
colors
ao
blue
aka
red
chairo
茶色
brown
daidaiiro
橙色
orange
haiiro
灰色
gray
kiiro
黄色
yellow
kimidori
黄緑
light green
kuro
black
midori
green
mizuiro
水色
light blue
momoiro
桃色
pink
murasaki
purple
shiro
white
Sukina iro wa nan desu ka.
好きな色は何ですか。
What is your favorite color?

In Japanese, all colors are treated as nouns, unlike English (Colors are treated as adjectives or nouns in English). Click here to see how to write the colors of the rainbow in kanji.

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