Meaning of 彩色
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- color
- multicolored
How to use 彩色
彩色 usually describes something as being in color or multicolored, as opposed to black and white. It often goes directly before a noun, as in 彩色照片 (cǎisè zhàopiàn, color photo) or 彩色电视 (cǎisè diànshì, color TV). Example: 我想打印彩色的。(Wǒ xiǎng dǎyìn cǎisè de.) I want to print it in color.
彩 (cǎi) means bright, varied colors, and 色 (sè) means color, so 彩色 (cǎisè) is color in its fullest sense: many colors together. Picture a rainbow where every 色 is bright and 彩.
Common mistake: Learners often use 彩色 to ask what color something is, but that question uses 颜色 (yánsè): 你喜欢什么颜色？ not 什么彩色. Also, 彩 is third tone (cǎi), so do not say it like 菜 (cài, dish).
彩色 in example sentences
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彩 cǎi · color · 11 strokes
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色 sè · color · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 彩色.
| 颜色 | yánsè | color; countenance |
| 红色 | hóngsè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 黑色 | hēisè | black |
| 蓝色 | lánsè | blue (color) |
| 白色 | báisè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 绿色 | lǜsè | green |
| 黄色 | huángsè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 精彩 | jīngcǎi | wonderful; marvelous |
| 景色 | jǐngsè | scenery; landscape; view |
| 特色 | tèsè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 角色 | juésè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 出色 | chūsè | remarkable; outstanding |
Questions about 彩色
What does 彩色 mean?
彩色 (cǎisè) means "color; multicolored" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 彩色?
彩色 is made of 2 characters: 彩 (11 strokes), 色 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 彩色 an HSK word?
Yes. 彩色 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 彩色 and 颜色?
颜色 (yánsè) is the general word for color, used for any single color like red or blue. 彩色 (cǎisè) means colored or multicolored, and it contrasts with 黑白 (hēibái, black and white).
How do you say black and white versus color in Chinese?
Black and white is 黑白 (hēibái), and color is 彩色 (cǎisè). For example, 黑白电影 (hēibái diànyǐng) is a black and white film, and 彩色电影 (cǎisè diànyǐng) is a color film.