橙色(だいだいいろ)

だいだいいろ
noun
orange (color)
color
1. orange; the color orange
The color between red and yellow, named after the daidai (bitter orange) fruit. One of the traditional Japanese color names.
夕焼(ゆうや)けが橙色(だいだいいろ)に染(そ)まった。
The sunset was dyed orange.
橙色(だいだいいろ)のセーターを買(か)った。
I bought an orange sweater.
紅葉(こうよう)の季節(きせつ)になると、山(やま)が橙色(だいだいいろ)や赤(あか)に色(いろ)づく。
When autumn foliage season arrives, the mountains turn orange and red.

Named after 橙(だいだい), the bitter orange (Citrus aurantium), a citrus fruit traditionally used in New Year decorations. 橙色(だいだいいろ) is the native Japanese word for the color orange.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • オレンジ色(いろ): orange — the loanword version, more commonly used in everyday conversation
  • 橙色(だいだいいろ): the traditional Japanese term, used in formal or literary contexts and in art

Cultural note

橙色(だいだいいろ) is one of the seven colors of the rainbow in Japanese (虹(にじ)の七色(なないろ)). The 橙(だいだい) fruit itself is an auspicious symbol placed on top of 鏡餅(かがみもち) during New Year because its name is a homophone for 代々(だいだい) (generation after generation).

Related Words

Compare: 柿色(かきいろ) (persimmon color)
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