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title: "Caise Meaning: 彩色 (cǎisè) Means “color”"
description: "彩色 (cǎisè) means “color; multicolored”. Hear its tones, see what 彩 and 色 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/caise"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 彩色 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

彩色 cǎisè

## color; multicolored

## Its characters

1. 彩 cǎi colorful (as in 彩色)
2. 色 sè color

## In a sentence

孩子们喜欢彩色的铅笔。 Children like colored pencils.

今天，莫高窟还保存着七百多个洞窟，其中保存着壁画和**彩色**塑像的有四百九十多个，壁画加起来有四万五千多平方米，彩色塑像有两千多尊。

From [敦煌莫高窟是什么？ · What are the Dunhuang caves?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/what-are-the-dunhuang-mogao-caves#library-word-383-385)

[More about 彩色](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BD%A9%E8%89%B2)

## More words with 彩 or 色

- [白色 báisè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baise)
- [本色 běnsè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bense)
- [彩虹 cǎihóng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/caihong)
- [彩票 cǎipiào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/caipiao)
- [出色 chūsè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuse)
- [丰富多彩 fēngfù-duōcǎi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fengfuduocai)
- [黑色 hēisè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/heise)
- [红色 hóngsè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/hongse)
- [黄色 huángsè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huangse)
- [灰色 huīsè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huise)

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