How to you say colours like light pink or dark grey in Korean?
I know how to say the normal colors like pink, blue, red etc in Korean, but if I wanted to say for example light blue would i add 연 in front of 파란섹 ? Or if I wanted to say dark yellow would I add 진 in front of 노란섹?
Basically what I asking it do I add 연 to say a light color and do I add 진 to say a dark color?
Thank you very much!

Question

How to you say colours like light pink or dark grey in Korean?
I know how to say the normal colors like pink, blue, red etc in Korean, but if I wanted to say for example light blue would i add 연 in front of 파란섹 ? Or if I wanted to say dark yellow would I add 진 in front of 노란섹? 
Basically what I asking it do I add 연 to say a light color and do I add 진 to say a dark color?
Thank you very much!

Answer

Exactly.

연(軟) means light, 진(津) means dark.
You need to add them in front of the basic color names.

You can also use 담 and 암.
담 is light and 암 is dark. They are not very often used, though.

As for 담 and 암, we usually don't say 담파랑 but 담청색 or 연파랑.
We usually don't say 담노랑 but 담황색 or 연노랑.
etc..

By the way, 섹 is incorrect. 색 is right word for color in Korean.

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