彩色

• 拼音: cǎi sè
• 汉字拆解: 彩 = 采 (pick, colourful) + 彡 (hair/decoration strokes), meaning colourful; 色 = originally depicted a person kneeling, extended to mean colour/appearance

含义

Colour; coloured; multicoloured. Refers to the presence of varied colours, as opposed to black and white.

Used as both a noun and an adjective to describe things that are colourful or in colour. Common in phrases like 彩色电视 (colour TV), 彩色照片 (colour photo), and 彩色打印 (colour printing). The opposite is 黑白 (black and white).

例句

1. 孩子们喜欢用彩色铅笔画画。
2. 这张彩色照片拍得非常漂亮。
3. 她穿了一条彩色的裙子，很好看。

用法指南

语境: art, photography, everyday

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 请帮我打印一张彩色的。(Please print a colour copy for me.)
• 彩色的灯光让整个房间变得很温馨。(The colourful lights make the whole room feel warm and cosy.)

错误说法

• 这个苹果很彩色 (Don't use 彩色 as a predicate adjective — say 这个苹果颜色很鲜艳 for vivid colours on a single object)

起源与历史

Compound of 彩 (colour, splendour) and 色 (colour, appearance), emphasising the presence of vivid colours.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal