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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)
Measure word · 种

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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