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Colors 

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iro
色		 colors
ao
青		 blue
aka
赤		 red
chairo
茶色		 brown
daidaiiro
橙色		 orange
haiiro
灰色		 gray
kiiro
黄色		 yellow
kimidori
黄緑		 light green
kuro
黒		 black
midori
緑		 green
mizuiro
水色		 light blue
momoiro
桃色		 pink
murasaki
紫		 purple
shiro
白		 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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