銀色(ぎんいろ)

銀色(ぎんいろ) refers to the color silver—a metallic grayish-white color.

Usage

As a no-adjective, it modifies nouns with の:

• 銀色(ぎんいろ)の車(くるま): a silver car
• 銀色(ぎんいろ)の髪(かみ): silver hair

銀(ぎん) alone means "silver" (the metal). 銀色(ぎんいろ) specifically refers to the color. For metallic colors, Japanese typically uses ～色(いろ) pattern: 金(きん) → 金色(きんいろ).

Common expressions

• 銀色(ぎんいろ)に輝(かがや)く: to shine silver
• 銀色(ぎんいろ)に光(ひか)る: to gleam silver

Related colors

• 金色(きんいろ): gold color
• 灰色(はいいろ): gray
• 銅色(どういろ): copper/bronze color