colour

色

赤や青、緑など、物の見た目を区別する性質。

やさしい英語で： The quality that makes something look red, blue, green, or another shade.

• What colour is your bag?
• She painted the room a pale colour.
• The leaves change colour in autumn.

類義語： hue, shade

よく使う表現： bright colour, favourite colour, colour of something

肌の色

人の肌の色。特に人種や民族的な背景と結びつけていう。

やさしい英語で： The shade of someone’s skin, especially when connected with their race or ethnic background.

• They judged him by his colour.
• The law protects people regardless of colour.
• People of colour described their experiences of discrimination.

類義語： skin colour, complexion

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

色を塗る、染める

絵の具や鉛筆などを使って、物に色を付ける。

やさしい英語で： To make something red, blue, green, or another shade using paint, pencils, or a similar material.

• Colour the circle blue.
• She coloured her hair last week.
• The children are colouring pictures with crayons.

使い方： colour something + colour (She coloured the flowers yellow.); colour in something (The children coloured in the animals.)

類義語： paint, dye

よく使う表現： colour a picture, colour something red, colour in something