Translation guide
Describes a color that is brown with a noticeable red or orange tint. Common in describing hair, fur, soil, rust, and autumn leaves.
Describing something as a reddish-brown color in everyday contexts.
A standard, neutral term for reddish-brown, often used for hair, wood, or soil.
彼女の髪は茶褐色だ。
Her hair is reddish-brown.
Literally 'red-brown color', a common and straightforward way to say reddish-brown.
この土は赤茶色をしている。
This soil is reddish-brown.
More formal or technical term for reddish-brown, often used in scientific or descriptive writing.
赤褐色の鉱物が見つかった。
A reddish-brown mineral was found.
Refers to the reddish-brown color of adzuki beans. Used in traditional Japanese color naming, especially for textiles.
小豆色の着物が美しい。
The reddish-brown kimono is beautiful.
Specifically describing the reddish-brown color of rust or oxidized metal.
Literally 'rust color', the most direct term for the reddish-brown of rust.
古い鉄橋は錆色に染まっていた。
The old iron bridge was stained a reddish-brown (rust color).
Emphasizes the red tint in rust, 'red rust color'.
赤錆色の金属片が落ちていた。
A reddish-brown (red rust colored) piece of metal had fallen.
Describing hair or animal fur that is a warm reddish-brown, like chestnut or auburn.
Chestnut color; a warm, medium reddish-brown often used for hair.
彼は栗色の髪をしている。
He has reddish-brown (chestnut) hair.
Refers to a reddish-brown like a kite bird's feathers, often used for hair or fabric. Can be written as 鳶色.
Brown hair, often implying dyed brown hair. Can range from light brown to reddish-brown depending on context.
Describing natural reddish-brown colors like autumn foliage or certain soils.
The color of autumn leaves, often a mix of red, orange, and brown.
山が紅葉色に染まる季節だ。
It's the season when the mountains turn reddish-brown (autumn colors).
Red ocher color; a reddish-brown earth pigment. Used in art or traditional contexts.
赭土色の顔料を使った壁画。
A mural using reddish-brown (red ocher) pigment.
茶色 (ちゃいろ) is plain brown. 赤茶色 (あかちゃいろ) explicitly adds red, making it reddish-brown. 茶褐色 (ちゃかっしょく) is a more formal or descriptive term for reddish-brown, often used in written contexts.
You can attach っぽい to a color to mean '-ish'. For example, 茶色っぽい (ちゃいろっぽい) means 'brownish', and 赤っぽい茶色 (あかっぽいちゃいろ) means 'reddish brown'. This is very colloquial.
It's a cat with beautiful reddish-brown fur.
There are more young people with reddish-brown (dyed brown) hair.