Where does “진홍색” come from?

진홍색 (Korean) comes from Korean 색(色).

진홍색 (Korean): deep red, crimson, scarlet (color)

Definitions

  1. deep red, crimson, scarlet (color)

Ancestry of “진홍색”, step by step

진홍색 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 색(色)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean색(色)

via Korean 진홍(眞紅)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean진홍(眞紅)
Every word from Korean 색(色)
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