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orange; the color orange
The color between red and yellow, named after the daidai (bitter orange) fruit. One of the traditional Japanese color names.
夕焼けが橙色に染まった。
The sunset was dyed orange.
橙色のセーターを買った。
I bought an orange sweater.
紅葉の季節になると、山が橙色や赤に色づく。
When autumn foliage season arrives, the mountains turn orange and red.
Named after 橙, the bitter orange (Citrus aurantium), a citrus fruit traditionally used in New Year decorations. 橙色 is the native Japanese word for the color orange.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 橙色に染まる: to be dyed/tinged orange
- 橙色の光: orange light
- 橙色の花: orange flower
SIMILAR WORDS:
- オレンジ色: orange — the loanword version, more commonly used in everyday conversation
- 橙色: the traditional Japanese term, used in formal or literary contexts and in art
CULTURAL NOTE:
橙色 is one of the seven colors of the rainbow in Japanese (虹の七色). The 橙 fruit itself is an auspicious symbol placed on top of 鏡餅 during New Year because its name is a homophone for 代々 (generation after generation).