1.
single color; monochrome; solid color; one color
Consisting of only one color, without patterns, gradients, or multiple hues.
単色のTシャツが欲しい。
I want a solid-colored T-shirt.
この部屋は単色の壁紙でまとめてある。
This room is done in a single-color wallpaper throughout.
単色の印刷なら費用を抑えることができる。
If it's single-color printing, we can keep the costs down.
Composed of 単 (single) + 色 (color). Used in fashion, design, printing, and art contexts. Can modify nouns with の: 単色のデザイン (monochrome design).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 単色のデザイン — monochrome design
- 単色印刷 — single-color printing
- 単色刷り — single-color print
- 単色光 — monochromatic light
SIMILAR WORDS:
- モノクロ — monochrome (loanword; often specifically means black and white)
- 無地 — plain, unpatterned (focuses on absence of pattern rather than having one color)
- 多色 — multicolored (the opposite)
- 二色 — two-colored, bicolor