"みどりいろ"

Translation: Green

[AmaranthZi]

what's the iro at the end? in my Japanese class we were taught "aoi" blue "akai" red "midori" green "orenji" orange "shiroi" white "kuroi" black and "pinku" pink. what's the deal?

[lee593008]

Iro is 色 meaning color.

[Chrabia297]

Ok, but what is the difference between midori and midoriiro?

[hE4S2]

Green and green color respectively

[ElleJay330304]

So why did I get "green color" wrong?

[Frostlink]

asking the real question of the thread

[V2Blast]

The latter is simply more specific in referring to the color.

[Tunatic]

I, too, would like to know

[Hirayuu]

I did answer this right now ;* I hope I'm understandable

[ChrisBanci]

Like midoriya from boku no hero academy!

[Amaya_Tsuya]

YES!^-^

[lokicharms]

after watching the show, i always think of him when i hear midori now....

[Hirayuu]

"Midori iro" is the adjetive "Green" or the sustantive "Green color", "Midori" is the sustantive of "Green" ;3

[hectorlqr]

Like Midori the drink?

[dexpanyol]

Exactly! It's a rather green drink!

[Kiklev]

Like Midorima from Kuroko no basuke

[Sixakoo]

Right, apparently all of names are base on their hair color.

[Max157209]

Well kuroko has white hair, his name is based on the fact that he's the shadow.

[Hirayuu]

And for "Akai", "Aoi", etc. "i" is used in many words to indicate is it an adjetive~ So "Ao" is the sustantive "Blue", "Aoi" is the adjetive of "Blue"

[RuuShii-san]

Technically, shouldn't it be "green color"? Either way, green or green color should be acceptable

[UnapologeticNerd]

This right here. "Midori" by itself is green as a noun. "Midorina" is green as an adjective. "Midoriiro" is "Green color."
Some colors like blue, red, and black are i-adjectives. Ones like green are na-adjectives and follow the same structures.

[Amaya_Tsuya]

Hero acadamia

[GraceLe7]

Is "green color" too literal a meaning?

[Xxyzrzy]

Yeah, i dont get it. Why do the "i" colour adjevtives not have "iro" (ie: red colour), but the "no" colour adjectives do have iro (ie: green colour). Also, a few websites i went on looking up stuff on colour DIDN'T have iro on the end of "no" form color adjectives.

[deactivated user]

I think this is still not fixed. I typed "green color" and it marked my answer as wrong...

[ReiWildtre]

It says green colour, not green

[kiokositopofon]

reminds me the midori days
but why not acc te color word?

[FAlter5]

みどり can also be used as a な adjective.

[dipsyhat]

緑色

[Alex110925]

Not accepted as a correct answer, because duolingo favors non-Kanji use for some contrived reason. Japanese doesn't work that way, unfortunately. Sole use of hiragana is considered child-like, I have no clue as to why duolingo continues to perpetuate what amounts to incorrect answers.

[TonyKim696062]

For the love of god. Please don't mark kanji as incorrect.