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Q. How do you write the colors of the rainbow in kanji?

A. Here are the colors of the rainbow (niji). Orange is also commonly called "orenji." In this case it is written in katakana because it is an English word.

aka  red
daidai orange
ki yellow
midori green
ao blue
ai indigo
murasaki  violet

Click here to see how to write some colors in hiragana. Try the sound files for colors to help your pronunciation.  

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