バラ色・薔薇色・ばら色|バラいろbarairo

1. no-adjectiverose-colour; rose-color
   ピンクとばら色いろは似にた色いろだ。↗

   Pink and rose are similar colors.
2. no-adjectivebright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy

• SynonymローズNeutralLoanword for the rose or its color; used mostly in product and perfume names.
• Related桃色ももいろNeutralPeach pink; can also hint at the erotic, as in 「桃色事件」, but unlike 「バラ色」 it is not used for a bright future.
• Related淡紅色たんこうしょくWrittenWritten, specialist word for light red, used mainly in color description; purely a color term with no metaphorical sense.
• RelatedピンクNeutralLoanword for pink and the most common word in daily use; it can also mean erotic or pornographic.
• Related薄紅うすべにWrittenWritten, elegant word for a very pale red, as in 「薄紅の頬」.
• Related淡紅たんこうWrittenWritten term for light red, synonymous with 「淡紅色」; unlike 「バラ色」 it is not used to picture a bright future.
• Antonym灰色はいいろNeutralGrey; figuratively it suggests gloom, the very opposite of a bright, rosy 「バラ色」.

「バラ色」 is the color of roses and, figuratively, a bright, rosy state, as in 「バラ色の人生」. For everyday pink say 「ピンク」; 「ローズ」 suits product names; 「桃色」「ピンク」 can hint at the erotic; 「淡紅色」「淡紅」「薄紅」 are written color terms; 「灰色」 is the gloomy opposite.

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1. 赤薔薇あかばらのような色いろ。鮮あざやかな赤あか。
2. 希望きぼうに満みちている状態じょうたい。