Kim Yi Seol
How to you say colours like light pink or dark grey in Korean? I know how to say the normal colors like pink, blue, red etc in Korean, but if I wanted to say for example light blue would i add 연 in front of 파란섹 ? Or if I wanted to say dark yellow would I add 진 in front of 노란섹? Basically what I asking it do I add 연 to say a light color and do I add 진 to say a dark color? Thank you very much!
Jul 28, 2015 7:59 PM
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Exactly. 연(軟) means light, 진(津) means dark. You need to add them in front of the basic color names. You can also use 담 and 암. 담 is light and 암 is dark. They are not very often used, though. As for 담 and 암, we usually don't say 담파랑 but 담청색 or 연파랑. We usually don't say 담노랑 but 담황색 or 연노랑. etc.. By the way, 섹 is incorrect. 색 is right word for color in Korean.
July 29, 2015
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