Illustration: At a neighborhood clothing repair shop, a tailor holds a freshly mended gray jacket sleeve beside several gray fabric samples ranging from pale to deep charcoal. One sample has almost exactly the sleeve’s tone; another is conspicuously too dark despite having the same weave.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

色いろ合あい

iroai

shade, hue

Example sentences

  1. 色合いろあいも気きに入いってます。

    I like the colors.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. もっと明あかるい色合いろあいのが欲ほしいんです。

    I want a lighter shade.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょのスカートは明あかるい色合いろあいの緑みどりだった。

    Her skirt was a cheerful shade of bright green.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 色合

  • 色colorOnショク・シキKunいろ
  • 合fit; suitOnゴウ・ガッ・カッKunあう・あい・あい-

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