Translation guide
Describes a light, soft orange color, like the flesh of a melon or a light apricot. In Japanese, this color is commonly expressed with specific color terms or descriptive phrases.
The learner wants to describe something as being a light, soft orange color.
Standard term for pale orange. Combines 薄 (light/pale) with 橙色 (orange color).
彼女は薄橙色のワンピースを着ていた。
She was wearing a pale orange dress.
Also means pale orange, using 淡 (light/pale). Slightly more formal or written than 薄橙色.
空が淡橙色に染まった。
The sky was dyed a pale orange.
Simple descriptive phrase using the loanword オレンジ. Very common in casual speech.
この薄いオレンジのカーテンが気に入った。
I liked these pale orange curtains.
Apricot color, a specific pale orange shade. Often used in fashion or design contexts.
杏色のリップが春らしい。
An apricot-colored lipstick is spring-like.