This vocabulary list is for the usual colours. Fun colour facts, in the past, Ao and Midori were often conflated. 赤ちゃん refers to a baby, most likely when it's red in the face. Traditionally there isnt a word for pink and orange, but there is the word for peach used often for pinks. Murasaki 紫式部 is used to denote one of the major pen names the British translator of the Tale of Genji gave to the author in 1926, as we dont know the exact name of the author, but rather as a part of the tales position as a member of the Fujiwara family (purple flower) and her father's position at the court as Shikibu (master of ceremonies).
Vocabulary
Red - Aka / あか / 赤
Yellow - Kiiro / きいろ / 黄色
Orange - Orenji / オレンジ
Green - Midori / みどり / 緑
Blue - Ao / あお / 青
Purple - Murasaki / むらさき / 紫
Pink - Pinku / ピンク
Rainbow - Niji / にじ / 虹
Black - Kuro / くろ / 黒
White - Shiro / しろ / 白
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