검은색
geomeunsaek · TOPIK 1
black (color)
⚫ 검은색 = 검은 (black, from 검다 to be black) + 색 (色, colour)
검다 is the native Korean verb to be black; 검은 is its modifier form. 색 is the Sino-Korean reading of 色, the same colour suffix found in 빨간색 (red) and 파란색 (blue). So the word literally reads black-colour.