Japanese people are not good at speaking English as of now. So you might struggle to communicate with Japanese people when you are in Japan. But almost all Japanese people can understand about color in English. However Japanese people are poor at pronouncing Ls and Rs. So even about colors, that might not catch on. If you know the Japanese words of colors, it might be useful.
So let`s study Japanese words about colors and design name.
The list of Japanese words about the colors.
| English | Japanese | kanji | Pronunciation |
| color | いろ | 色 | IRO |
| Red | あか | 赤 | AKA |
| Blue | あお | 青 | AO |
| yellow | きいろ | 黄色 | KIIRO |
| Green | みどり | 緑 | MIDORI |
| Light blue | みずいろ | 水色 | MIZUIRO |
| Navy | こん | 紺 | KON |
| Yellow green | きみどり | 黄緑 | KIMIDORI |
| Orange | オレンジ | ORENJI | |
| black | くろ | 黒 | KURO |
| White | しろ | 白 | SHIRO |
| Purple | むらさき | 紫 | MURASAKI |
| Pink | ピンク | PINKU | |
| Gray | グレー | GURE- | |
| Brown | ちゃいろ | 茶色 | CHAIRO |
| Dark brown | こげちゃ | こげ茶 | KOGECHA |
| Gold | きんいろ | 金色 | KIN IRO |
| Silver | ぎんいろ | 銀色 | GIN IRO |
| Bronze | どういろ | 銅色 | DOU IRO |
いろ(IRO) refers to the color in itself.
The list of Japanese words about the design name.
| English | Japanese | kanji | pronunciation |
| plane | むじ | 無地 | MUJI |
| vertical stripes | ストライプ | SUTORAIPU | |
| diagonal stripes | ボーダー | BO-DA- | |
| polka dot | みずたまもよう | 水玉模様 | MIZUTAMAMOYOU |
| floral | はながら | 花柄 | HANAGARA |
| checks | チェックがら | チェック柄 | CHEKKUGARA |
| colorful | カラフル | KARAHURU | |
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