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