色|いろiro[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nouncolour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
   その色いろは彼女かのじょの髪の毛かみのけとよく合あった。↗

   The color went beautifully with her hair.
2. nouncomplexion; skin colour; skin color
3. nounlook (on one's face); expression
   満足まんぞくの色いろが彼かれの顔かおに浮うかんだ。↗

   A look of contentment appeared on his face.
4. nounappearance; air; feeling
5. nounpersonality; character
6. nountone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
7. nounlove; lust; sensuality; love affair
8. nounlover; paramour
9. nounbeauty; sexiness; physical appeal
10. nounkind; type; varietyalso written 種

• Synonym色彩しきさいNeutralRefers to colour and its overall effect, or to leanings, as in 「色彩豊か」 and 「政治的色彩」; more written in tone than 「色」.
• Synonym色合いいろあいNeutralThe tone or shading of colours and how they combine; figuratively a quality or flavour, as in 「色合いが落ち着く」.
• SynonymカラーNeutralLoanword for colour, for being in colour rather than monochrome, or for a distinctive style, as in 「カラー写真」 and 「チームカラー」.
• Synonym色調しきちょうNeutralColour tone — how dark, light, deep or pale colours are, as in 「暗い色調」; used mainly in art and photography.
• Synonym色相しきそうWrittenTechnical term for hue in art and optics; belongs to written/formal prose and is not used in everyday speech.
• Antonym無色むしょくNeutralThe opposite of 「色」: having no colour, or figuratively a neutral, unaligned stance, as in 「無色透明」.

Default to 「色」 for colour. 「色彩」 covers overall colour effect or leanings; 「色合い」 and 「色調」 tone and colour combinations; 「カラー」 colour versus monochrome or a group's style; 「色相」 is the technical hue; 「無色」 means colourless or neutral.

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1. （いろ）可視光かしこうスペクトルに起因きいんする視覚しかく効果こうか。
2. （いろ）顔色かおいろ。表情ひょうじょう。
3. （いろ）様子ようす。
4. （いろ）はなやかさ。
5. （いろ）厚情こうじょう。相手あいてに得とくになること
6. （いろ）音おとや声こえの調子ちょうし。
7. （いろ）異性いせいのセックスアピール。色気いろけ。
8. （いろ）愛人あいじん。
9. （いろ）色彩しきさいの種類しゅるいを表あらわす。