色 Color

[顏]色[颜]色[yán]sè
(n) color

In Chinese culture, colors have very important symbolic meanings.

A man in a green hat has a cheating wife. A card in a white envelope means that somebody just died. Knowing the significance of colors in Chinese culture is just as important as knowing the colors themselves.

紅色红色hóngsè
(adj) red

橘色橘色júsè
(adj) orange

橘紅色橘红色júhóngsè
(adj) burnt orange

黃黄huáng
(adj) yellow

咖啡色kāfēisè
(adj) brown; coffee color

黑hēi
(adj) black

綠绿lǜ
(adj) green

藍蓝lán
(adj) blue