Korean/Lesson I4

Colors
As well as having two sets of numbers, Korean also uses two sets of colors, one being the native Korean set, the other being derived from Chinese characters hanja 한자 (漢字).

Native Korean set
Various like dozens of Korean words represent similar colors but express the different impression of colors. The following Korean words about color are the most neutral and normal words.

Korean colors may be followed by native word, 빛 or 빛깔, or followed by 색 (色) which is derived from Chinese characters. Each word means color.

Examples

 * 빨간 입술 red lips
 * 파란 하늘 blue sky
 * 푸른 초원 green grassland
 * 노란 병아리 yellow chick
 * 흰 눈 white snow
 * 검은 눈동자 black pupil

Chinese character set

 * 백인 (白人) white person
 * 흑인 (黑人) black person
 * 흑백필름 (黑白 film) black & white film
 * 적색신호 (赤色信號) red light signal
 * 청바지(靑바지) blue jeans

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