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緑色 (みどりいろ, midoriiro) Japanese meaning: green | Kotomora

緑みどり色いろ

also: りょくしょく

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Common word›JLPTN4›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

green; green color

Refers to the color green. Can be used as a noun or adjectivally with の.

彼かの女じょは緑みどり色いろのドレスを着きていた。

She was wearing a green dress.

信しん号ごうが緑みどり色いろに変かわった。

The traffic light turned green.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が緑みどり色いろになるfor something to turn green
秋あきになると葉はっぱの色いろが変かわるが、夏なつの間あいだは緑みどり色いろになる。
The leaves change color in autumn, but during summer they turn green.
〈物もの〉を緑みどり色いろに塗ぬるto paint something green
壁かべを緑みどり色いろに塗ぬることにした。
We decided to paint the wall green.

Kanji

緑green
色color
翠green, kingfisher

Related words

緑みどりN5
緑 is the shorter, more common noun for the color green, while 緑色 spells it out explicitly and is often used in formal or descriptive contexts.
グリーンN1
グリーン is an English loanword for green often used in fashion, design, or golf contexts, while 緑色 is the standard native Japanese term.

Don't confuse with

青あおN5
青 historically covered both blue and green (as in 青信号 for a green traffic light), whereas 緑色 refers specifically and unambiguously to green.
オリーブ色いろ
緑色 is plain green, while オリーブ色 is a duller, brownish-green shade specifically associated with olives.

Word family

深ふか緑みどり色いろ
dark green; deep green

Built from

緑みどり+色いろ

Written forms

緑色Usage98%
- みどりいろ
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- りょくしょく
  Alternate on'yomi reading; rarely used in modern Japanese, mostly in technical or formal compound contexts.
みどり色いろUsage

Etymology

Compound of 緑 (みどり, 'green') + 色 (いろ, 'color'). The reading りょくしょく is the on'yomi version, rarely used.

1%

Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.

みどりいろUsage1%

翠みどり色いろ

rarely-used kanji form

Rare kanji form using 翠; may appear in literary or poetic contexts.

りょくしょく