Colours 顏色

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		colour	顏色	an sIk
		beige	米色	mi sIk    Lit. rice colour
		black	黑色	ht sIk a black huckleberry
		blue	藍色	lam sIk a lamb falling in blue paint
		brown	啡色	fe sIk coffee colour
		bright	鮮	sin
		bronze	古銅色	gu tUng sIk
		dark	深	sm
		flesh	肉色	yUk sIk    Lit. meat colour
		fluorescent	螢光	yIng gon
		gold	金色	gm sIk some gum is covering his gold tooth
		green	綠色	lUk sIk look! at all the green scenery
		green-yellow	青色	tsen sIk
		grey	灰色	fui sIk phooey! grey is boring
		light	淺	tsin
		maroon	棗紅色	dzou hUng sIk
		orange	橙色	tsan sIk Pat sang with an orange in her mouth
		pink	粉紅色	fn hUng sIk pink is a fun shade of red
		purple	紫色	dzi sIk G (gee) is for Grape (purple)
		red	紅色	hUng sIk last words of bleeding person: "Who...? Nnggg..."
		silver	銀色	n sIk
		transparent	透明	tu mIng
		white	白色	bat sIk his back was all white
		yellow	黃色	won sIk Mr. Wong has yellow skin

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