day 112colours and light

colours and light

Describe colours and light precisely: deep and pale shades, the formal colour words of signs and flags, bright and faded, glossy and blinding.

today’s words

• 남색 namsaek · navy blue, indigo
• 누렇다 nureota · yellowish, golden (rice fields, old paper)
• 벌겋다 beolgeota · reddish, red (cheeks, eyes, hands)
• 붉은색 bulgeunsaek · red (colour)
• 새까맣다 saekkamata · jet-black, pitch-black
• 새파랗다 saeparata · deep blue; (face) white with fear
• 새하얗다 saehayata · snow-white, pure white
• 시커멓다 sikeomeota · pitch-dark, very black
• 허옇다 heoyeota · whitish, pale; (hair) white
• 적색 jeoksaek · red (formal: signals, signs)
• 청색 cheongsaek · blue (formal)
• 홍색 hongsaek · crimson, red (formal)
• 황색 hwangsaek · yellow, amber (formal)
• 흑색 heuksaek · black (formal)
• 푸른색 pureunsaek · blue-green, green (nature, the sea)
• 색상 saeksang · colour, hue (of a product, a photo)
• 조합 johap · combination
• 화사하다 hwasahada · bright, colourful, radiant
• 선명하다 seonmyeonghada · clear, vivid, sharp
• 흐릿하다 heuritada · dim, blurry, faded
• 부시다 busida · dazzling (눈이 부시다)
• 환히 hwanhi · brightly; clearly
• 훤히 hwonhi · brightly; thoroughly (훤히 알다)
• 윤 yun · shine, gloss (윤이 나다)

sentences

• 아침에 일어나 보니 온 세상이 새하얗게 변해 있었다. · When I woke up, the whole world had turned snow-white.
• 햇빛이 눈에 비쳐서 눈이 부셨다. · The sun on the snow was dazzling.
• 가을이 되자 논이 누렇게 익었다. · When autumn came, the rice fields ripened to gold.
• 추운 바람에 아이의 볼이 벌겋게 얼었다. · The child’s cheeks were bright red from the cold wind.
• 새까맣게 된 손은 위생을 위해 바로 씻어야 한다. · Hands that have turned black should be washed straight away, for hygiene.