color

色

赤、青、緑など、物の見え方を区別する性質。

やさしい英語で： The quality that makes things look red, blue, green, or other similar types.

• My favorite color is green.
• The walls have different colors.
• What color is your car?

類義語： hue, shade

よく使う表現： favorite color, bright color, color of something, perceive color

肌の色

人の肌の色。特に人種や出自と結びつけて言う場合。

やさしい英語で： The shade of someone’s skin, especially when people connect it with race or background.

• People have many different skin colors.
• Nobody should face discrimination because of their color.
• The organization supports equal rights regardless of color.

類義語： skin tone, complexion

よく使う表現： skin color, people of color, regardless of color

カラーの

白、黒、灰色だけでなく、赤や青などさまざまな色を使った。

やさしい英語で： Showing a range of shades such as red, green, and blue rather than only black, white, and gray.

• We bought a color printer.
• The magazine includes several color photos.
• Their first color television was very expensive.

類義語： full-color

反対語： black-and-white, monochrome

よく使う表現： color television, color photo, color printer

色をつける、染める

絵の具や染料などを使って、物に特定の色をつける。

やさしい英語で： To make something a particular shade by adding paint, dye, or another substance.

• They colored the cloth blue.
• She colors her hair every month.
• The juice colored my lips red.

使い方： color something + color (She colored the paper green.); color something with something (We colored the water with food dye.)

類義語： dye, tint

よく使う表現： color your hair, color something blue, color with something

色を塗る

線で描かれた絵の空いている部分に、色鉛筆やクレヨンなどで色を塗る。

やさしい英語で： To fill the empty areas of a drawing with pencils, crayons, or pens in different shades.

• The children love to color.
• He colored the flowers with a red pencil.
• Can you color inside the lines?

使い方： color something with something (She colored the picture with crayons.)

類義語： color in

よく使う表現： color a picture, color with crayons, color inside lines

赤くなる、赤面する

恥ずかしさや強い感情などで、顔が赤くなる。

やさしい英語で： To become red in the face, usually because of embarrassment or strong feelings.

• Her cheeks colored slightly.
• He colored when she mentioned his mistake.
• His face colored with anger as he read the letter.

使い方： color with something (His cheeks colored with embarrassment.)

類義語： blush, flush, redden

反対語： pale

よく使う表現： color with embarrassment, color slightly, color at something