LAM1 Posted June 25, 2012 at 03:29 PM Report Posted June 25, 2012 at 03:29 PM I'm working on converting an American children's toy for the Chinese market. The toy (Lite Brite) represents colors using a single English letter like 'R' for Red and 'B' for Blue, etc. Would the following be suitable for simplified Chinese? Red = 红 Yellow = 黄 Green = 绿 Blue = 蓝 Violet/Purple = 紫 Pink = 粉 Orange = 橙 White = 白 Are there other characters that would be more appropriate? Thanks, Mike Quote
skylee Posted June 25, 2012 at 11:41 PM Report Posted June 25, 2012 at 11:41 PM I think they are ok. My only doubt is Pink = 粉. That Chinese character does not work for me, though I have heard other people use it to refer to pink. (I left a pink scarf in a restaurant in Beijing. I described the colour to a waitress using the term 粉紅, while she described the colour as 粉色. So I guess for some people 粉 means pink. The scarf was never found.) Quote
tooironic Posted June 26, 2012 at 12:00 AM Report Posted June 26, 2012 at 12:00 AM My understanding is 粉色 is light pink, whilst 粉紅色 is pink. Quote
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