Colors in Korean Quiz: 15 Questions with Instant Feedback

Take the Colors in Korean Quiz

Follow these steps. Each one tells you what you should see.

1. Read the question and say any Korean text aloud once. You should see four choices.
2. Pick one choice by click, tap or by pressing 1, 2, 3 or 4. The Check button turns active.
3. Select Check. You see "Correct" or "Not quite", the right answer and a one-sentence reason. Select Next.
4. After question 15, read the summary. It shows how many answers were correct in this session and links to the colors lesson and the deck for the questions you missed.

Question order and choice order change every session, so a retake is never the same sequence.

What Does This Colors in Korean Quiz Cover?

The quiz has 15 questions. Four ask which noun names a colour, three test the describing form that goes before a noun or ends a sentence, five ask about 색 and colour words built with it, and three ask for a single colour in a short phrase. Colour nouns appear in two shapes, such as 파랑 and 파란색. Both are correct, and the colors lesson lists the longer -색 forms.

The lesson behind the quiz is colors in korean, which lists 40 words with Revised Romanization, audio and an example sentence. The quiz uses a core set of them, plus the short noun forms such as 빨강 and 검정.

How Is the Colors in Korean Quiz Scored?

The quiz gives one point for each of the 15 questions you answer correctly on the first try in the current session. At the end it shows a line such as "You answered 12 of 15 correctly in this session". There is no timer, no streak and no ranking, so you can slow down and say each answer aloud.

The count is not a CEFR level, a TOPIK level or a measure of fluency. It only shows what you recalled today. Your answers and score stay in your browser and disappear when you close the tab, unless you choose to save progress on your own device. If you miss a question about 파란 or 파래요, the reason line shows the full change from 파랗다, so you can see where the ㅎ went.

How Do Korean Colour Words Change Shape?

Most basic colours are descriptive verbs: words such as 빨갛다 (ppalgata) mean "to be red". They end in ㅎ, and that ㅎ disappears when an ending is added. The same colour can also be a noun, and the noun is what you use after 은/는 or 이/가 when you name a colour.

검정 is the everyday noun for black; it pairs with 검다, and 까맣다 has its own noun, 까망. The first five describing words follow the ㅎ irregular pattern: the ㅎ drops, and before -아요/-어요 the vowel changes (파랗 plus 아요 gives 파래요). The word 검다 is regular, so 검은 and 검어요 keep their shape.

Which Colour Words Use 색?

色 (색, saek) means colour. Many colour names add it to a base: 파란색 means "blue colour". Adding 색 to a noun or a describing form gives a name you can always use as a noun.

A noun with 색 works in any slot that needs a noun, so 갈색 곰 (galsaek gom) is "a brown bear" with no change to the colour word. Only the bare describing words, such as 빨갛다, need the ㅎ rule.

Sample Questions with Answers

These six questions come from the quiz, with the answer and the reason for each. They also work as a no-JavaScript preview. Samples 1 to 4 each pair a noun with its describing word.

Sample Question 1 and Its Answer

Question: What colour is 파랑 (parang)?

Choices: red; yellow; green; blue.

Answer: blue. Why: 파랑 is the noun for blue; 파랗다 is the describing word (to be blue).

Sample Question 2 and Its Answer

Question: Which word means yellow?

Choices: 빨강; 노랑; 초록; 보라.

Answer: 노랑. Why: 노랑 (norang) is the noun for yellow. The describing word is 노랗다.

Sample Question 3 and Its Answer

Question: Which word means white?

Choices: 검정; 회색; 하양; 분홍.

Answer: 하양. Why: 하양 (hayang) is the noun for white and 하얗다 is the describing word. 흰색 is also common in everyday speech.

Sample Question 4 and Its Answer

Question: Which word means black?

Choices: 검정; 갈색; 회색; 남색.

Answer: 검정. Why: 검정 (geomjeong) is the noun for black. The describing words are 까맣다 and 검다.

Sample Question 5 and Its Answer

Question: What colour is 초록색 (choroksaek)?

Choices: purple; green; blue; gray.

Answer: green. Why: 색 means colour and 초록 is green. The whole word is said [초록쌕].

Sample Question 6 and Its Answer

Question: In 빨간 사과 (ppalgan sagwa), what colour is the apple?

Choices: red; pink; orange; brown.

Answer: red. Why: 빨간 is the form of 빨갛다 that goes before a noun, so 빨간 사과 is a red apple.

Tips before You Start

• Learn each colour as a pair: the noun and the describing word, such as 노랑 and 노랗다.
• Notice the 색 ending. It can be added to many colour nouns, and it makes a safe noun form when you are unsure.
• Look at the adjective forms in the colors deck. The ㅎ irregular pattern is the same for every word in the table above.
• Say the word before you choose. Sound-change cases such as 초록색 [초록쌕] are easier to remember when you hear them.

Which Mistakes Does the Colors in Korean Quiz Catch?

Four errors cover most misses.

• Using the noun where a describing form is needed, as in 파랑 가방 instead of 파란 가방.
• Keeping the ㅎ in 파랗어요 or 노랗은. The ㅎ drops before an ending.
• Mixing 파랑 and 초록, or 분홍 and 보라, when the English colour word is close in meaning.
• Treating 검다 like the other describing words. It is regular, so 검어요 keeps its form.

What Should You Study after the Quiz?

Drill the words with the korean colors flashcards, and reread the colors in korean lesson for any group you missed. To train your ear, try the korean listening discrimination tool. The next quiz in the sequence is the days of the week in korean quiz. You can also return to the korean vocabulary quiz list, or take the korean level test for a wider check.

Answer Key for Questions 7 to 15

Prefer to test yourself first? Take the quiz above, then check this table. The first six answers are in the sample questions.

What Does This Quiz Not Do?

The quiz covers 15 common colour words. It does not cover shades such as light and dark in depth, metals beyond gold, or the five traditional Korean colours (오방색). It does not test the colour adjectives beyond the polite present and the form before a noun. Spoken Korean sometimes uses a different colour word than the textbook one. All Korean text in the questions and answers was generated and is waiting for review by a Korean reviewer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to know the ㅎ irregular pattern for this quiz?

It helps with four questions, but the reason line teaches it. For 파랗다, the ㅎ drops before an ending, so you get 파란 before a noun and 파래요 at the end of a sentence. Reading the explanation once is enough to answer similar questions later.

Does the quiz use audio?

Most questions have a replay button for the Korean word or phrase. If a clip is missing, the replay button is hidden and the question still works as text.

Which colours are included?

The quiz uses red, yellow, blue, white, black, green, pink, purple, brown, sky blue and gold. Orange, gray, navy, teal, beige, silver and copper appear only as wrong answers. The full list of 40 colour words is in the colors lesson, with audio and an example sentence for each.

What is the difference between 빨강 and 빨간?

빨강 is the noun, so it names the colour: 빨강을 좋아해요. 빨간 is the form that goes before a noun: 빨간 사과. Using the noun before another noun is the most common mistake in this quiz, which is why several questions test it.

Is the quiz free?

Yes. The quiz is free, needs no account and runs in your browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Nothing you answer is uploaded to a server. If you choose to save progress, it is stored on your own device only, and you can delete it in the settings at any time.

Retake the Colors in Korean Quiz

Retake the colors in korean quiz once you can turn 파랗다, 노랗다 and 빨갛다 into their noun, noun-modifying and sentence forms without looking. The reason line for each question is also a mini-lesson, so reading it twice often helps more than a fast retake. When the colours feel easy, move on to the days of the week.