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HSK
blue (color)
HSK 2
multicolored / every color under the sun
HSK 4
red (color) / revolutionary
HSK 2
model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
HSK 4
color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff
HSK 2
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  *色* | 色* | *色
color / CL: 種|种 / look / appearance / sex
HSK 4
color / multicolored
HSK 3
ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color)
HSK 5
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  *浅* | 浅* | *浅
shallow / light (color)
HSK 4
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  *鲜* | 鲜* | *鲜
fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods
HSK 4
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  *颜* | 颜* | *颜
color / face / countenance
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  *染* | 染* | *染
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
HSK 5
cool color (esp. green, purple, and blue)
to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc)
pure color; solid color
dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color)
HSK 7-9
color wheel
pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual
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  *褐* | 褐* | *褐
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
orange (color)
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  *色* | 色* | *色
(coll.) color / used in 色子
primary color
gold color
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  *橙* | 橙* | *橙
orange tree / orange (color)
color wheel
to apply color; to color; to paint
having sound and color (idiom); vivid / dazzling
HSK 7-9
orange (color)
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc
to turn pale / to lose color / to go white
milky white / cream color
a bright color / sparkle / shine / glitter
light color
rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
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  *彩* | 彩* | *彩
(bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize
color printing using several overlaid images
color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
natural color
variety / design and color / suit (cards)
scarlet (color)
to lose color / to turn pale
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  *泛* | 泛* | *泛
(bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
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  *嫩* | 嫩* | *嫩
young and tender / (of food) tender; lightly cooked / (of color) light / (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
HSK 7-9
lip gloss; lip color gloss
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  *淡* | 淡* | *淡
insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of ) nitrogen
HSK 4
red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
color gamut
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
ginger (color)
color printing using several overlaid images
coffee color / brown
light (color) / pale / vague (feeling)
to lose color / to fade
granny gray (hair color)
color Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine)
red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret
printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color)
to enlarge color photos / color film processing
color gradient
color separation
color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷
color television (abbr. for 彩色電視|彩色电视)
HSK 7-9
full color / in all colors
process lens (working by color separation)
to paint / to color
color television
difference in color; color variation
color contrast
silver (color)
lilac (color)
light tan (color) / camel-hair color
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  *锖* | 锖* | *锖
the color of a mineral
color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks
violet (color)
color vision
color film / abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷 / lottery ticket
tangerine yellow / saffron (color)
water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
purple / violet (color)
dark red color (of silk product)
color-blind / color blindness
olive-green (color)
dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab / (fig.) gloomy; bleak
shade (of lipstick etc); color option
gorgeous / resplendent or rich color
lime (color) / greenish yellow
tone / timbre / sound color
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  *酽* | 酽* | *酽
(of tea, wine etc) strong; (of ink, aroma etc) thick; (of a color) deep; rich
bronze color
accent color
to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3]
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  *缃* | 缃* | *缃
light yellow color
saturation (color theory)
golden / gold (color)
warm color (esp. red, orange, and yellow)
pinkish-red (color)
red-orange color / dark orange
exoticism / local color / exotic
cream (color)

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