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Colour
see

The Thai word for colour is "see". When naming a colour you should say "see" first.

For example: Red is "see daeng" or "colour red".


If you want to say "light pink"
you would say
"see chompoo aorn"

Light
aorn

Dark
gae



White
kow


Beige
keem

Yellow
lueang


Orange
som


Red
daeng

Pink
chom poo


Light Blue
fa


Blue
nam ngern

Violet
muang


Green
kiaw


Brown
nam dtan

Grey
tow


Black
dam


Silver
ngern

Gold
tong




What colour do you like? (khoon chawp see a-rai?)
 


I like white. (pom chawp see kow)

The Thai word for "I" is "pom" and is only used by men. Women should say "chan" among friends or "di-chan" if they want to be more polite or formal. See Women Speaking Thai for more information.