色彩 (sè cǎi) — color, coloring; (fig.) flavor, character

Definition

色彩 emphasizes the overall color scheme or character/flavor of something, often in a literary or figurative sense — more formal than 颜色 ('color' in general). The figurative sense ('flavor, character') is unique to 色彩 and not shared with 颜色.

noun

colorcoloring(fig.) flavorcharacter

Examples

色彩。
Zhè fú huà de sè cǎi hěn míng liàng.
The colors of this painting are very bright.
色彩。
Tā de yǎn jiǎng dài yǒu zhèng zhì sè cǎi.
His speech has a political flavor.
色彩。
Zhè ge jié rì chōng mǎn le chuán tǒng sè cǎi.
This festival is full of traditional character.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 5 HSK 2.0 Level 6 Colors

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