노란색

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yellow

🍋 노란 (yellow, from 노랗다) + 색 (色, colour) = yellow colour

색 is the hanja 色, the same colour suffix found in 빨간색 (red) and 파란색 (blue). 노란 comes from the native adjective 노랗다, to be yellow. Learn 색 once and every colour word splits the same way.

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