Colors
You point at a red T-shirt and the shopkeeper says 빨개요. Congratulations, you now have opinions about colors you can't actually say out loud.
Make the shirt confess its colorThe words — Colors
Four cards. One t-shirt crisis. Let's go.
Meaningred (the noun) / it's red (the describing word)
지자가 빨간색 티셔츠를 샀어요. 티셔츠가 빨개요!
Zeeza bought a red T-shirt. The T-shirt is red!
Meaningblue (the noun) / it's blue (the describing word)
누줌은 파란색 바지가 있어요. 바지가 파래요. 티셔츠는 빨간색이에요.
Nujoom has blue trousers. The trousers are blue. The T-shirt is red.
Meaningblack (the noun) / it's black (the describing word)
사마 양말은 까만색이에요. 지자 양말이 없어요.
Sama's socks are black. Zeeza doesn't have socks.
Meaningwhat colour is it?
힐랄이 빨간색 티셔츠를 봤어요. "무슨 색이에요?" "...빨간색이에요."
Hilal saw the red t-shirt. "What colour is it?" "...it's red."
The idea — Colors
Colour words split in two: 빨간색/파란색/까만색 name the colour and go before a noun (빨간색 티셔츠), while 빨개요/파래요/까매요 mean 'it is red/blue/black' on their own.
Next time something's red, blue, or black, you've got both the label and the sentence for it.
Questions about Colors
How do you say 'red' in Korean?
The color noun is 빨간색 (ppalgansaek), used before a noun like 빨간색 티셔츠 (red T-shirt). To say 'it's red' on its own, use 빨개요.
How do you say 'blue' and 'black' in Korean?
Blue is 파란색 (paransaek) / 파래요 ('it's blue'). Black is 까만색 (kkamansaek) / 까매요 ('it's black').
How do you ask 'what colour is it?' in Korean?
You say 무슨 색이에요? (museun saegieyo?), as in the lesson's example about a red T-shirt.
What's the difference between 빨간색 and 빨개요?
빨간색 is the color name used before a noun (빨간색 티셔츠), while 빨개요 means 'it is red' and stands alone as a sentence.
You've seen the idea. Now make it stick.
The journey continues in Zeeza — free to start, made to adapt to how you learn.
- Hear it and choose
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- …and more, adapted to you