cǎi sè
multicolour; colour
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我喜欢彩色衣服。
wǒ xǐhuān cǎisè yīfu.
I like colorful clothes.
这个花瓶是彩色的。
zhège huāpíng shì cǎisè de.
This vase is colorful.
彩虹是彩色的。
cǎi hónɡ shì cǎi sè de .
Rainbows are colored.
颜色 (yánsè)
color
色彩 (sǎicǎi)
color
黑白 (hēibái)
black and white
单色 (dānsè)
monochrome
The Chinese word 彩色 (cǎisè) for "color" is composed of two characters: 彩 (cǎi) and 色 (sè). The character 彩 originally meant "to paint" or "to decorate" and was often used in the context of art and aesthetics. Over time, it came to be used more broadly to refer to any kind of color or hue. The character 色, on the other hand, originally meant "appearance" or "look" and was often used to describe the color or appearance of something. When combined together, the two characters 彩 and 色 form the word 彩色, which specifically refers to the concept of "color" in the sense of the different hues and shades that we perceive.
