赤色|あかいろakairo[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivered; red color
   この赤色あかいろで柄がら全体ぜんたいがだいなしだ。↗

   The red kills the whole pattern.
2. prenominal modifiercommunist; socialist; left-wing

• SynonymレッドNeutralLoanword for red, mostly in compounds like 「レッドカード」; 「赤色」 is the formal name of the color.
• Synonym赤あかNeutralThe everyday word for red, as in 「赤の信号」; it can also stand for a deficit, i.e. being in the red financially. 「赤色」 is the formal name of the color.
• Synonym朱あけWrittenAlso used colloquially for a communist, as in 「赤化」; 「赤色」, read 「せきしょく」, has the same left-wing sense, as in 「赤色革命」.
• Synonym丹色にいろWrittenA written, archaic and elegant word for a deep vermilion red; 「赤色」 is the modern, general term.
• Related赤みあかみNeutralA reddish tinge, flush or slight redness, as in 「頬に赤みが差す」; also the lean red part of meat. 「赤色」 is the color red itself, in any shade.

「赤色」 is the formal name for the color red; read 「せきしょく」, it can also mean left-wing or communist, as in 「赤色革命」. In everyday speech say 「赤」, for a reddish tinge use 「赤み」, and in loanword compounds use 「レッド」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 赤あかい色いろ。
2. （せきしょく）共産主義きょうさんしゅぎ、社会主義しゃかいしゅぎを表あらわす言葉ことばや色いろ。