颜色

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The Chinese word 颜色 (yánsè) for "color" is a compound of two characters: 颜 (yán) and 色 (sè). The character 颜 originally meant "face" or "appearance", and was often used in ancient Chinese texts to refer to a person's complexion or facial expression. The character 色 originally meant "silk" or "thread", and was later used to refer to the color or hue of an object. When combined, the two characters 颜 and 色 create the word 颜色, which refers to the visual perception of light reflected from an object. In modern Chinese, 颜色 is used to refer to any color or shade, and is an essential part of everyday vocabulary.