"Color" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 颜色 |  yán sè | color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff |   |
| 彩色 | cǎi sè | color / multicolored / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 血色 | xuè sè | color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks | |
| 上色 | shàng shǎi | to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) | |
| 设色 | shè sè | to paint / to color | |
| 色 | sè | color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex | |
| 色 | shǎi | (coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3 zi5] | |
| 采 | cǎi | color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3] | |
| 彩 | cǎi | (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize | |
| 型号 | xíng hào | model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) | |
| 彩电 | cǎi diàn | color TV | |
| 本色 | běn shǎi | natural color | |
| 渲染 | xuàn rǎn | rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish | |
| 天色 | tiān sè | color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather | |
| 色泽 | sè zé | color and luster | |
| 变色 | biàn sè | to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry | |
| 肤色 | fū sè | skin color | |
| 音色 | yīn sè | tone / timbre / sound color | |
| 金黄色 | jīn huáng sè | gold color | |
| 花色 | huā sè | variety / design and color / suit (cards) | |
| 发白 | fā bái | to turn pale / to lose color / to go white | |
| 五颜六色 | wǔ yán liù sè | multicolored / every color under the sun | |
| 失色 | shī sè | to lose color / to turn pale | |
| 桃色 | táo sè | pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual | |
| 彩印 | cǎi yìn | color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷[cai3 se4 yin4 shua1] | |
| 浅色 | qiǎn sè | light color | |
| 有声有色 | yǒu shēng yǒu sè | having sound and color (idiom) / vivid / dazzling | |
| 物色 | wù sè | to look for / to seek / to choose / color of object / color of fleece (of domestic animal) / to see / to notice / all kinds of things / odds and ends | |
| 原色 | yuán sè | primary color | |
| 咖啡色 | kā fēi sè | coffee color / brown | |
| 华彩 | huá cǎi | gorgeous / resplendent or rich color | |
| 毛色 | máo sè | (of an animal) appearance or color of coat | |
| 毛片 | máo piàn | pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color | |
| 脱色 | tuō sè | to lose color / to turn pale / to bleach / to fade | |
| 流光溢彩 | liú guāng yì cǎi | lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) | |
| 色盲 | sè máng | color-blind / color blindness | |
| 分色 | fēn sè | color separation | |
| 酒色 | jiǔ sè | wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression | |
| 万紫千红 | wàn zǐ qiān hóng | thousands of purples and reds (idiom) / a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades | |
| 乳白 | rǔ bái | milky white / cream color | |
| 暖色 | nuǎn sè | warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red | |
| 浓淡 | nóng dàn | shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) | |
| 真彩色 | zhēn cǎi sè | true color | |
| 彩画 | cǎi huà | color painting | |
| 彩扩 | cǎi kuò | to enlarge color photos / color film processing | |
| 彩超 | Cǎi Chāo | color Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine) | |
| 鱼肚白 | yú dù bái | white (paint from dried fish guts) / marble white color of the dawn sky | |
| 套印 | tào yìn | color printing using several overlaid images | |
| 橙红色 | chéng hóng sè | red-orange color / dark orange | |
| 掉色 | diào sè | to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3] | |
| 套色 | tào shǎi | color printing using several overlaid images | |
| 驼色 | tuó sè | light tan (color) / camel-hair color | |
| 色域 | sè yù | color gamut | |
| 全色 | quán sè | full color / in all colors | |
| 着色 | zhuó sè | to paint / to apply color | |
| 补色 | bǔ sè | complementary color | |
| 色弱 | sè ruò | partial color blindness / color weakness | |
| 彩卷 | cǎi juǎn | color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket | |
| 滤色镜 | lu:4 sè jìng | color filter | |
| 染 | rǎn | to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting | |
| 淡 | dàn | insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen | |
| 泛 | fàn | (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) | |
| 褐 | hè | brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] | |
| 缃 | xiāng | light yellow color | |
| 砀 | dàng | stone with color veins | |
| 黧 | lí | dark / sallow color | |
| 锖 | qiāng | the color of a mineral | |
| 缊 | yūn | generative force / orange color | |
| 縕 | yūn | generative force / orange color | |
| 骍 | xīng | horse (or cattle) of reddish color / bay horse | |
| 水天一色 | shuǐ tiān yī sè | water and sky merge in one color (idiom) | |
| 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 | qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán | lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master | |
| 各色各样 | gè sè gè yàng | lit. each color and each form (idiom) / diverse / various / all kinds of | |
| 勃然变色 | bó rán biàn sè | to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc | |
| 变色易容 | biàn sè yì róng | to change color and alter one's expression (idiom) / to go white with fear / out of one's wits | |
| 古铜色 | gǔ tóng sè | bronze color | |
| 对比色 | duì bǐ sè | color contrast | |
| 綪 | qiàn | dark red color (of silk product) | |
| 瑞色 | ruì sè | lovely color | |
| 黈 | tǒu | a yellow color | |
| 煍 | jiǎo | to color by smoke | |
| 朠 | yīng | color of the moon | |
| 亮彩 | liàng cǎi | a bright color / sparkle / shine / glitter | |
| 分色镜头 | fēn sè jìng tóu | process lens (working by color separation) | |
| 容颜失色 | róng yán shī sè | (of complexion) to lose one's color / to blanch / wan | |
| 彩电视 | cǎi diàn shì | color TV | |
| 暖调 | nuǎn diào | warm tone / warm color | |
| 潘通 | Pān tōng | Pantone color system | |
| 牙白 | yá bái | creamy white / ivory color | |
| 耐洗涤性 | nài xǐ dí xìng | washing or color fastness / launderability | |
| 葡萄紫 | pú tao zǐ | grayish purple color | |
| 褪光 | tuì guāng | matte (of a color etc) | |
| 走色 | zǒu sè | to lose color / to fade | |
| 银红 | yín hóng | pink / silvery red / pale rose color | |
| 青出于蓝，而胜于蓝 | qīng chū yú lán , ér shèng yú lán | lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master | |
| 异国情调 | yì guó qíng diào | exoticism / local color / exotic | |
| 色觉检查图 | color vision chart | | |
| 曘 | rú | color of the sun / dark | |
| 𬘬 | qiàn | dark red color (of silk product) | |
| 形色 | xíng sè | shape and color / appearance / facial expression | |
