Let’s go over sekkkal (색깔) or colors in Korean! Before I begin, I just want to mention that some of the colors are written and pronounced differently from when they have a counter, while others don’t have any changes in spelling at all.
blue – 파랑색. Blue chair: 파란 의자.
white – 하양색/흰색. White house: 하얀 집/흰집
red – 빨강색. Red bag: 빨간 가방.
yellow – 노랑색. Yellow watch: 노란 시계.
orange – 주황색/오렌지. Orange flower: 주환 꽃/오렌지 꽃
pink – 분홍색/핑크색. Pink ring: 분혼 반지/핑크 반지
purple – 보라색/자주색. Purple hair: 바라색 머리/자주색 머리
green – 녹색/초록색. Green desk: 녹색 책상/초록색 책상
light brown/dark brown – 갈색/밤색. Brown tree: 갈색 나무/밤색 나무
gray – 회색. Grey mouse: 회색 쥐
silver – 은색. Silver necklace: 은색 목걸이
gold – 금색. Gold earring: 금색 귀걸이
Ok, so before I go, there’s a couple of things I want to point out. 1) If you want to hear these colors, try the Byki Korean color segment. In fact, I have a Youtube video by Byki presented below. 2) In some cases, there are two ways to call a color. Orange, pink, purple, white, green, and brown have two versions. This isn’t in the Byki video, but I’ve added them anyway. 3) In the Byki video, 녹색 is chosen as the color for green. While this isn’t wrong, it’s not a common way to say “green.” 초록색 is more oftenly used. 4) The color for pink has a funny pronunciation change. 분홍색 is pronounced more like 부농색, even though it’s spelled 분홍색.
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Thank you for the video. It really helped clear up the confusion I had. Sorry to say, I couldn’t read your post ’cause I don’t have the ability to read foreign writing . . . only English. I’m trying to learn Korean and it’s slow going, so this kind of site is a wonderful source.