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different color; color variation; alternate color version
The same item in a different color. Widely used in shopping, fashion, and gaming (especially for rare alternate-colored creatures in games).
色違いも買った。
I also bought it in a different color.
このシャツの色違いはありますか。
Do you have this shirt in another color?
気に入ったので色違いで三枚買ってしまった。
I liked it so much that I ended up buying three in different colors.
色違いのポケモンを見つけるのは非常に難しい。
Finding a shiny Pokémon is extremely difficult.
A practical compound noun used daily in shopping and fashion to refer to the same product in a different color option. Also extremely popular in gaming culture, especially Pokémon, where 色違い refers to rare alternate-colored creatures (called "shiny" in English).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 色違いで買う: to buy in different colors
- 色違いの商品: the same product in a different color
- 色違いのポケモン: shiny Pokémon
- 色違いを集める: to collect color variants
USAGE:
Often used with の as a modifier (色違いのスカート) or with で to indicate manner (色違いで揃える — to get a matching set in different colors). In online shopping, 色違い is a standard filter option.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 別の色: another color (descriptive phrase, not a set term)
- カラーバリエーション: color variation (loanword, used in product catalogs)