金きん色いろ

also: こんじき · きんしょく · かないろ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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

Refers to the color gold. Can be used as a noun or as a no-adjective to describe something as golden.

〈物もの〉が金きん色いろに光ひかるsomething shines/gleams gold
夕ゆう日ひを受うけて湖こ面めんが金きん色いろに光ひかった。
The surface of the lake gleamed gold in the sunset.
金きん色いろに染そまるto be dyed/turn a golden color
秋あきになると、山やま全ぜん体たいが金きん色いろに染そまる。
In autumn, the whole mountain turns golden.
金きん色いろの〈物もの〉a golden-colored (thing)
彼かの女じょは金きん色いろの髪かみをしていた。
She had golden hair.

黄こ金がね色いろ
黄金色 is a more poetic or literary word for the color gold, often used in descriptions of scenery, while 金色 is the plain, everyday term.
黄おう金ごんN1
黄金 can mean both the metal and the color gold and carries a sense of preciousness or grandeur, whereas 金色 refers only to the color.
ゴールデン
金色 is the native Japanese word for the literal color gold, while ゴールデン is a loanword mainly used figuratively in compounds like ゴールデンウィーク.
黄こ金がね
金色 is the plain, common word for the color gold, while 黄金 as a color term feels more decorative or literary.

銀ぎん色いろ
銀色 means silver-colored while 金色 means gold-colored, the natural color opposite.

金きんN2
金 refers to the metal gold itself, while 金色 refers specifically to its color, so 金の指輪 (a gold ring) differs from 金色の紙 (gold-colored paper).

金色Usage99%
- きんいろ
  Standard kanji spelling for the most common reading きんいろ.
- こんじき
  Alternate reading, often used in literary or formal contexts.
- きんしょく
  Rare reading; learners will almost never encounter it.
- かないろ
  rarely-used kana form
きんいろUsage1%
かないろ
rarely-used kana form
Rarely used kana form; it is a rarely used kana form.
こんじき
きんしょく

Compound of 金 (kin, 'gold') and 色 (iro, 'color'). The reading きんいろ is the most common, while こんじき uses the older on'yomi for 金.