also: たんせい
Describes a light or pale shade of blue. Often used in color descriptions for objects, fabrics, or natural scenes.
See also: 淡青色
She was wearing a light blue dress.
The sky is turning pale blue.
淡青色 is a more formal or technical term for pale blue, often used in color specifications. 薄青 is a simpler, everyday noun.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading うすあお.
Alternate kanji spelling; also read as たんせい.
Sino-Japanese reading; less common than うすあお.
Compound of 薄 (usu, 'light, pale') and 青 (ao, 'blue'). The reading たんせい is the Sino-Japanese reading of 淡青.