There is a Thai saying I really like จะถูกจะแพงขอแดงไว้ก่อน /jà tùuk jà paeng kŏr daeng wái gòrn/, in English it would be ‘it doesn’t matter if it is cheap or expensive, go for red’ : )
Color in Thai is สี /sĭi/. When Thai people talking about color the word สี /sĭi/ can be put in front of the name of the color or can be dropped.
The first set of colors I learned when I was a little girl were the colors of a rainbow.
- ม่วง /mûang/ purple
- คราม /kraam/ indigo
- น้ำเงิน /náam ngern/ dark blue
- เขียว /kĭao/ green
- เหลือง /lŭeang/ yellow
- แสด /sàed/ red-orange
- แดง /daeng/ red
Other colors ;
- ขาว /kăao/ white
- ดำ /dam/ black
- ฟ้า /fáa/ blue
- ชมพู /chom-puu/ pink
- ทอง /tong/ gold
- เงิน /ngern/ silver
*เงิน /ngern/ also means ‘money’
- น้ำตาล /náam dtaan/ brown
*น้ำตาล /náam dtaan/ also means ‘sugar’
The word “เข้ม /kêm/” dark and “อ่อน /òrn/” light is put after the color to describe dark or light shade. For example; สีแดงเข้ม /sĭi daeng kêm/ dark red color.
คุณชอบสีอะไรคะ /kun chôrp sĭi à-rai ká?/ What color do you like? : )
Sawadee Krap. I would like to know the meaning of the word KRATING in Thai. I recently watched a series where one of the characters, a very humane and strong boxer, had that name. I wold love to name a son of mine like that.
“กระทิง Krating” means “bull”.
Hlo miss, I just want to know in เหลือง why did the เห sound disappear?
Hi! I am sorry for my late reply.In Thai language, when ห is leading “low class consonant” ห is silent but the tone follows the high class consonant tone rule.
Thanks Mod for the information about colors. I have just read today cos I was looking for how different colors are called in Thailand.
This summer I have promised myself to learn more Thai to upgrade from where I had reached.
this is helpful 😉
can you do the same but in more detail
like navy, violet etc.
thx
Thank you for your suggestion. It is a good one!
Hello!
How do I say in thai I want to color my hair blonde?
You would say ชั้นอยากทำผมสีบลอนด์ /chán yàak tam pŏm sǐi blon/.
Sawadee krap,
do you have a video to listen the correct pronunciation of the different colors?
Thank you very much
We haven’t done a video on colors yet. Thank you for your comment, We will do that in a near future. 🙂
Hello Mod!
Supergood blog with lots of useful information and details you couldn’t find anywhere else! My first visit here but I’m gonna be a regular! About the colours I’ve heard they also have some deeper meanings. Like for instance if you see a new house and in bright pink it means there’s living a single lady or a purple one if the house belongs to a widow etc. Don’t know if it’s true but as I’ve understood all the colors have some hidden meanings??! Does they and if it would be so nice o learn more about that!
Thank you so much Mod for this excellent webpage!!
Take care.
xx
Sawatdee ka Marqar, thank you for reading my post and your interesting comment. I will do more research about it.
Thai saying does not say if red colour also attracts bull
You make me keep on learning! Khap khun khrap Mod
ฉันชอบสีฟ้า ^^ ขอบคุณมาก for teaching! I’m ฉันลูกครึ่ง but I forgot Thai so I’m learning again. You help me to understand.