Sino-Korean Color Words Red 적 赤色 Red 홍 紅 red-yellow 주홓 orange 적황 yellow 황 黃 green 초색 草色 Blue 청 靑 Black 흑 黑 Brown 밤 White 백 白 gold 금 金 silver 은 銀 Examples: 흑인 black person, 백인 white person 흑자 black figures (i.e. surplus), 적자 red figures (i.e. deficeit) 황하 the Yellow River 홍등가 red-light district 백악관 the White House 청와대 the Blue House (Korea's presidental residence) 황인종 the Asian race