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    3. 原色

    原色

    原げん色しょく

    primary colour

    KMT8News #26+1Ref L2NounArt & DesignKanji Vocab16 strokes

    げんしょく

    Noun

    1.
    primary colour, primary color
    2.
    pure color, unmixed color, striking color
    3.
    original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)

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    赤あか、青あお、黄きいは原げん色しょくである。

    Red, blue, and yellow are primary colors.

    KMT6Art & Design
    彼かの女じょは原げん色しょくの服ふくを好このんで着きる。

    She prefers to wear clothes in primary colors.

    KMT8Art & DesignFashion & Beauty
    子こ供ども向むけの絵え本ほんは、しばしば鮮あざやかな原げん色しょくで描えがかれている。

    Children's picture books are often drawn with vivid primary colors.

    KMT8Art & DesignEducation
    博はく物ぶつ館かんで、その絵えの原げん色しょくを初はじめて見みた。

    I saw the original colors of that painting for the first time at the museum.

    KMT8Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    この絵えは原げん色しょくを大だい胆たんに使 い、見みる者ものに強つよい印インプレ象ッションを与あたえる。

    This painting boldly uses primary colors, giving a strong impression to the viewer.

    KMT9Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    原
    はら…(6)
    meadow・original・primitive・field・plain…(3)
    色
    いろ…(4)
    color
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