颜色词汇

白		bái	white
碧		bì	green jade / bluish green / blue / jade

c

彩		cǎi	colored / variegated
彩色		cǎi sè	color / multi-colored

苍		cāng	dark blue / fly / musca / deep green
沧		cāng	blue / green(color of water) / cold / vast (of water)

橙		chéng	orange tree / the color orange / orange
赤		chì	red / scarlet / bare / naked

翠

cuì

bluish-green / green jade

d

丹		dān	red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
靛		diàn	indigo pigment

f

粉		fěn	dust / powder
粉红		fěn hóng	( adj. ) rosy, pale pink

h

褐色		hè sè	brown
黑		hēi	black / dark ( n. ) lichens

黑色		hēi sè	black
红色		hóng sè	red (color) / revolutionary

黄		huáng	(surname) / sulfur / yellow

灰

huī

gray / ash

j

金色		jīn sè	golden
锦		jǐn	brocade / embroidered work / bright

l

蓝		la	kohlrabi blue
蓝色		lán sè	blue

栗色		lì sè	( adj. ) reddish brown, chestnut color
绿		lǜ	green / chlorine green; chlorine

m

墨

mò

China ink / ink stick ( n. ) ink bottle

q

黔		qián	an old name for Guizhou (贵州) province
青		qīng	green (blue, black)

s

色		sè	color / look / appearance color / dice
色彩		sè cǎi	tint / coloring / coloration / character

素

sù

plain / element

t

天蓝色

tiān lán sè

azure

w

五颜六色

wǔ yán liù sè

multi-colored / every color under the sun

x

玄

xuán

black / mysterious

y

颜		yán	(surname) / color / countenance face, facial appearance
颜色		yán sè	color

银色		yín sè	( n. ) the grade of silver in coins
莹		yíng	luster of gems

z

皂		zào	( adj. ) black
赭石		zhě shí	( n. ) (min.) hematite, earth containing iron ore, used as pigment

紫		zǐ	purple
棕色		zōng sè	brown (the color)