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顏色 Colours 顏色
	紅黃藍白黑

black	黑	hak1	blue	藍	laam4
brown	啡	fe1 / fei1 粵	gold	金	gam1
green	綠	luk6	cyan / light green *	青	cing1 / ceng1
dark green (vegetable coloured)	菜青	coi3 cing1 / ceng1	grey	灰	fui1
orange	橙	caang2/4	purple	紫	zi2
red	紅	hung4	silver	銀	ngan4
white	白	baak6	yellow	黃	wong4

light	淺	cin2	dark	深	sam1
colour	顏色	ngaan4 sik1

Usage Note

顏色 (ngarn sik) is only used on its own to mean "colour" - so if you want to say something is blue you would say "laam sik" (藍色).
紅黃藍白黑 is the traditional order of saying colours, I don't know why.
* 青 is an example of a character pronounced differently when it is written (cing1) to when it is spoken (ceng1). For more discussion on the different colours of 青 please see this forum thread.

顏色 Colours 顏色

Usage Note