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顏色  Colours  顏色


black hak1 blue laam4
brown fe1 / fei1 gold gam1
green luk6 cyan / light green * cing1 / ceng1
dark green
(vegetable coloured)
菜青 coi3 cing1 / ceng1 grey fui1
orange caang2/4 purple zi2
red hung4 silver ngan4
white baak6 yellow wong4

 

light cin2 dark sam1
colour 顏色 ngaan4 sik1

 

Usage Note

顏色 (ngarn sik) is only used on its own to mean "colour" - so if you want to say something is blue you would say "laam sik" (藍色).  
紅黃藍白黑 is the traditional order of saying colours, I don't know why.   
* 青 is an example of a character pronounced differently when it is written (cing1)  to when it is spoken (ceng1). For more discussion on the different colours of 青 please see this forum thread.

 

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