| 有色 | yǒu sè | colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) |   |
| 琉璃 | liú li | colored glass / ceramic glaze | |
| 彩绘 | cǎi huì | painted / colored painted-on designs | |
| 斑斓 | bān lán | gorgeous / brightly colored / multicolored | |
| 色斑 | sè bān | stain / colored patch / freckle / lentigo | |
| 深色 | shēn sè | dark / dark colored | |
| 霓裳 | ní cháng | nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] | |
| 烂漫 | làn màn | unaffected / unpretentious / (literary) brightly colored / vibrant | |
| 花花绿绿 | huā huā lu:4 lu:4 | brightly colored / gaudy | |
| 花灯 | huā dēng | colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节) | |
| 彩带 | cǎi dài | colored ribbon / streamer / CL:條|条[tiao2] | |
| 彩旗 | cǎi qí | colored flag | |
| 血雨 | xuè yǔ | rain of blood / heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm | |
| 色光 | sè guāng | colored light | |
| 织锦 | zhī jǐn | brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern | |
| 张灯结彩 | zhāng dēng jié cǎi | to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) | |
| 花团锦簇 | huā tuán jǐn cù | brightly colored decorations (idiom) / splendid | |
| 料器 | liào qì | glassware / colored glass household vessel | |
| 斑 |  bān | spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated | |
| 彪 | biāo | (literary) tiger stripes / (by extension) ornate and brightly colored / (by synecdoche) young tiger / (fig.) strong / stalwart / (old) classifier for troops | |
| 缇 | tí | orange-red silk / orange-red colored | |
| 彩练 | cǎi liàn | colored ribbon | |
| 彩衣 | cǎi yī | colored clothes / motley attire | |
| 戴有色眼镜 | dài yǒu sè yǎn jìng | to wear colored glasses / to have a prejudiced viewpoint | |
| 斑谰 | bān lán | brightly colored / gorgeous / multicolored | |
| 有色人种 | yǒu sè rén zhǒng | colored races | |
| 经丝彩色显花 | jīng sī cǎi sè xiǎn huā | warp brocade / woven fabric with single woof but colored warp | |
| 经锦 | jīng jǐn | warp brocade / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp | |
| 花不棱登 | huā bù léng dēng | gaudy / repulsively colored | |
| 花彩 | huā cǎi | to festoon / to decorate with a row of colored garlands | |
| 黄赤色 | huáng chì sè | golden colored / yellow red | |
| 彩色笔 | cǎi sè bǐ | colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker | |
| 色酒 | shǎi jiǔ | colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc) | |
| 水彩笔 | shuǐ cǎi bǐ | colored markers | |
