色觉 (sèjué): color vision

Meanings

1 color vision
2 the perception of color

Characters

色

Examples

色觉异常的人可能无法分辨红绿。

Sèjué yìcháng de rén kěnéng wúfǎ fēnbiàn hónglǜ.

People with abnormal color vision may not be able to tell red from green.

飞行员的色觉必须正常。

Fēixíngyuán de sèjué bìxū zhèngcháng.

Pilots must have normal color vision.

Tips

memory

Pairs neatly with the other senses: 视觉 (shìjué, vision), 听觉 (tīngjué, hearing), 嗅觉 (xiùjué, smell), 味觉 (wèijué, taste), 触觉 (chùjué, touch). Same -觉 suffix = 'sense of'.

Stroke Order

色 sè

觉 jué

Related Words

色彩顾问 sècǎigùwèn

color consultant / personal color analyst

色 sè HSK 4 #2,745

color; hue / look; expression; appearance / type; kind

结构色 jiégòusè

structural color (color produced by microscopic structure rather than pigment)

荧光色 yíngguāngsè

fluorescent color / neon color

撞色 zhuàngsè

color blocking / contrasting colors / (of two items) to clash in color

着色 zhuósè #27,232

to apply color / to color / to paint (with color) / to tint

色彩 sècǎi HSK 4 #6,996

color; hue / flavor; character (figurative)

棕色 zōngsè #4,593

brown (color)

金色 jīnsè #5,346

gold (color) / golden

黄色 huángsè HSK 2 #3,285

yellow (color)