1.
sky blue; azure; light blue like the sky
A light, clear blue color resembling the sky on a sunny day. One of the traditional Japanese color names.
空色のワンピースを着た。
I wore a sky-blue dress.
壁を空色に塗り替えた。
I repainted the wall sky blue.
窓から見える空色のグラデーションが美しく、しばらく見とれていた。
The gradation of sky blue visible from the window was so beautiful that I gazed at it for a while.
A compound of 空 (sky) and 色 (color). One of the traditional Japanese color names (和色), referring to the clear light blue of a fair-weather sky. It can function as an adjective with の (e.g., 空色の花).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 空色の花: sky-blue flowers
- 空色の目: sky-blue eyes
- 空色に染まる: to be dyed sky blue
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 水色: light blue — very similar shade; 水色 is the more common everyday term for light blue
- 青: blue — the general term for blue; covers a wider range of shades
- 紺色: dark blue; navy — a much darker blue than 空色
- 藍色: indigo — a deep blue-purple traditional color