Talking About Favorite Colors in Korean: Essential Vocabulary & Dialogue 🎨

In this beginner Korean lesson, you’ll join Minjun and Seoyeon as they talk about their favorite colors. You’ll learn how to say blue and yellow, ask someone what color they like, and describe objects around you using simple, everyday Korean.

💬 Video Transcript

민준: 서연 씨, 안녕하세요!
(Minjun: Seoyeon, hello!)

서연: 민준 씨, 안녕하세요! 뭐 해요?
(Seoyeon: Minjun, hello! What are you doing?)

민준: 음… 그냥 앉아 있어요. 서연 씨는요?
(Minjun: Um… I’m just sitting. How about you, Seoyeon?)

서연: 저도 그냥 앉아 있어요. 심심해요.
(Seoyeon: I’m just sitting too. I’m bored.)

민준: 저도 심심해요. 우리 이야기할까요?
(Minjun: I’m bored too. Shall we talk?)

서연: 네, 좋아요. 이야기해요.
(Seoyeon: Yes, sounds good. Let’s talk.)

민준: 무슨 이야기 할까요?
(Minjun: What should we talk about?)

서연: 음… 아! 민준 씨, 옷이 정말 예뻐요.
(Seoyeon: Um… Ah! Minjun, your clothes are really pretty.)

민준: 고마워요. 이 옷은 파란색이에요.
(Minjun: Thank you. These clothes are blue.)

서연: 파란색! 정말 예쁜 파란색이에요.
(Seoyeon: Blue! It’s a really pretty blue.)

민준: 저는 파란색을 아주 좋아해요.
(Minjun: I like the color blue very much.)

서연: 와, 정말요? 민준 씨는 파란색을 좋아해요?
(Seoyeon: Wow, really? You like blue, Minjun?)

민준: 네. 제 제일 좋아하는 색은 파란색이에요.
(Minjun: Yes. My favorite color is blue.)

서연: 그렇구나. 파란색… 여기 파란색 물건이 많아요?
(Seoyeon: I see. Blue… Are there many blue things here?)

민준: 네. 제 방에 파란색 물건이 많아요. 보세요.
(Minjun: Yes. There are many blue things in my room. Look.)

서연: 어디요?
(Seoyeon: Where?)

민준: 저기 책상 위에 책이 있어요. 저 책은 파란색이에요.
(Minjun: There’s a book on the desk over there. That book is blue.)

서연: 아, 맞아요. 파란색 책이네요. 정말 파래요.
(Seoyeon: Ah, you’re right. It’s a blue book. It’s so blue.)

민준: 그리고 이 펜도 파란색이에요.
(Minjun: And this pen is also blue.)

서연: 와, 펜도 파란색이네요. 민준 씨는 정말 파란색을 좋아하네요.
(Seoyeon: Wow, the pen is blue too. You really like blue, Minjun.)

민준: 네, 맞아요. 파란색을 정말 좋아해요. 하늘도 파란색이에요. 그래서 하늘을 좋아해요.
(Minjun: Yes, that’s right. I really like blue. The sky is also blue. So I like the sky.)

서연: 저도 파란 하늘을 좋아해요.
(Seoyeon: I like the blue sky too.)

민준: 서연 씨는 무슨 색을 좋아해요?
(Minjun: Seoyeon, what color do you like?)

서연: 저는 노란색을 좋아해요.
(Seoyeon: I like yellow.)

민준: 노란색이요? 아, 노란색도 예쁜 색이에요.
(Minjun: Yellow? Ah, yellow is a pretty color too.)

서연: 네. 저는 노란색이 제일 좋아요. 아주 밝아요.
(Seoyeon: Yes. I like yellow the best. It’s very bright.)

민준: 그럼 여기 노란색 물건도 있어요?
(Minjun: Then are there yellow things here too?)

서연: 음… 찾아볼까요? 아! 저기 꽃이 있어요!
(Seoyeon: Um… shall we look? Ah! There’s a flower over there!)

민준: 아, 맞아요. 꽃병에 꽃이 있어요. 저 꽃은 노란색이에요.
(Minjun: Ah, that’s right. There’s a flower in the vase. That flower is yellow.)

서연: 네, 맞아요! 예쁜 노란색 꽃이에요. 기분이 좋아요.
(Seoyeon: Yes, that’s right! It’s a pretty yellow flower. It makes me feel good.)

민준: 또 뭐가 있을까요? 노란색…
(Minjun: What else could there be? Yellow…)

서연: 아! 저기 소파 위에 쿠션! 저 쿠션은 노란색이에요.
(Seoyeon: Ah! The cushion on the sofa over there! That cushion is yellow.)

민준: 와, 맞아요. 노란색 쿠션이네요. 정말 노랗네요.
(Minjun: Wow, that’s right. It’s a yellow cushion. It’s so yellow.)

서연: 그리고 저기 부엌에 바나나가 있어요. 바나나도 노란색이에요.
(Seoyeon: And there’s a banana in the kitchen over there. The banana is also yellow.)

민준: 맞아요! 바나나는 노란색이에요. 그리고 맛있어요.
(Minjun: Right! Bananas are yellow. And they are delicious.)

서연: 저는 바나나를 좋아해요. 노란색이라서 더 좋아요.
(Seoyeon: I like bananas. I like them more because they are yellow.)

민준: 하하, 그렇군요. 아, 제 고양이 치즈도 약간 노란색이에요.
(Minjun: Haha, I see. Oh, my cat Cheese is also a little bit yellow.)

서연: 와, 정말이네요! 고양이 치즈는 노란색 고양이예요.
(Seoyeon: Wow, for real! Your cat Cheese is a yellow cat.)

민준: 네. 그래서 치즈를 좋아해요.
(Minjun: Yes. That’s why I like Cheese.)

서연: 우리 오늘 서로 좋아하는 색을 알았어요. 재미있어요.
(Seoyeon: We learned each other’s favorite colors today. It’s fun.)

민준: 네, 맞아요. 민준은 파란색. 서연은 노란색.
(Minjun: Yes, that’s right. Minjun is blue. Seoyeon is yellow.)

서연: 맞아요. 저는 노란색을 좋아해요.
(Seoyeon: Right. I like yellow.)

민준: 저는 파란색을 좋아해요.
(Minjun: I like blue.)

서연: 이제 우리 저 노란색 바나나 먹을까요?
(Seoyeon: Now, shall we eat that yellow banana?)

민준: 네, 좋아요! 같이 바나나 먹어요.
(Minjun: Yes, sounds good! Let’s eat a banana together.)

📝 Essential Vocabulary

Here are some key words and phrases from the video. Listen and repeat to practice your pronunciation.

🔍 Grammar Focus

Let’s break down two key grammar patterns used by Minjun and Seoyeon.

1. Saying “I like…” with -을/를 좋아해요

This is the most common way to express that you like something in Korean. You attach a particle to the noun you like and follow it with 좋아해요 (I like / to like).

• If the noun ends in a consonant, you add 을.
• If the noun ends in a vowel, you add 를.

Look at these examples from the dialogue:

• 저는 파란색을 아주 좋아해요. (I like blue very much.)
  • 파란색 (blue) ends in the consonant ㄱ, so we add 을.
• 서연 씨는 무슨 색을 좋아해요? (What color do you like, Seoyeon?)
  • 색 (color) also ends in a consonant (ㄱ), so we use 을.
• 저는 바나나를 좋아해요. (I like bananas.)
  • 바나나 (banana) ends in the vowel ㅏ, so we add 를.

2. Identifying Topics with 은/는

The particles 은/는 are used to mark the topic of a sentence—what you are talking about. This is slightly different from the subject of the sentence.

• If the topic word ends in a consonant, you add 은.
• If the topic word ends in a vowel, you add 는.

Minjun and Seoyeon use this pattern to introduce new topics into their conversation.

• 이 옷은 파란색이에요. (This clothing is blue.)
  • Here, Minjun is making “this clothing” (이 옷) the topic of his sentence. Since 옷 ends in a consonant (ㅅ), he uses 은.
• 제 제일 좋아하는 색은 파란색이에요. (My favorite color is blue.)
  • The topic is “my favorite color” (제 제일 좋아하는 색). 색 ends in a consonant (ㄱ), so we use 은.
• 바나나는 노란색이에요. (Bananas are yellow.)
  • The topic is “bananas” (바나나). It ends in a vowel (ㅏ), so we use 는.

🌍 Cultural Tip

🃏 Flip & Learn

Practice the key phrases from this lesson.

💡 Key Takeaways

Here are the most important points to remember from this lesson:

• To ask “What color do you like?”, you can say 무슨 색을 좋아해요?.
• To state your favorite color, use the pattern: 제 제일 좋아하는 색은 [color]이에요/예요.
• The basic pattern to say you like something is [Noun]을/를 좋아해요.
• To add “also” or “too,” you can attach the particle 도 to a noun, like in 이 펜도 파란색이에요 (This pen is also blue).
• Colors in Korean often end in 색 (saek), which means “color.” For example, 파란 (blue) + 색 (color) = 파란색 (blue color).

🎯 Practice Quiz

Test your understanding of the vocabulary and grammar from the dialogue.

✍️ Fill in the Blanks

Let’s test your spelling and memory! Fill in the missing words below. Use correct spelling.