彩色 (cǎi sè) — color (the property of having colors; colorful appearance, as opposed to black-and-white)
Definition
彩色 (noun) refers to 'color' as in multicolored or in color, contrasted with black-and-white (黑白). More emphatic than 颜色 ('color' in general); 色彩 is the written/formal variant often used for artistic or figurative flavor.
noun
color (the property of having colors; colorful appearance, as opposed to black-and-white)
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Examples
- 彩色。Wǒ xǐ huan zhè zhāng cǎi sè de zhào piàn.I like this color photo.
- 彩色。Tā huà le yì fú cǎi sè de huà.She painted a colorful picture.
- 彩色。Zhè jiā diàn de cǎi sè qiān bǐ hěn hǎo kàn.This shop's color pencils are very pretty.
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