赤あか色いろ

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

red; red color

General term for the color red; can be used as a noun or adjectivally with の. The reading あかいろ is more casual, while せきしょく appears in formal or technical contexts.

• 赤あか色いろのペンで名な前まえを書かいてください。

  Please write your name with a red pen.

• 信しん号ごうが赤あか色いろに変かわった。

  The traffic light turned red.

noun-modifying (irregular)

communist; socialist; left-wing

Only with reading せきしょく

Prenominal use (adj-f) with the reading せきしょく, referring to communist or leftist ideology. Often seen in political contexts.

• 彼かれは赤せき色しょく政せい権けんを批ひ判はんした。

  He criticized the communist regime.

• 赤せき色しょくテロが社しゃ会かい問もん題だいになった。

  Red terror became a social issue.