kono danshoku to kanshoku no haishoku wa kodomo ppoi.

topic particle

Breakdown of kono danshoku to kanshoku no haishoku wa kodomo ppoi.

• 子こ供ども: child
• と: noun-connector particle
• の: possessive case particle

Questions & Answers about kono danshoku to kanshoku no haishoku wa kodomo ppoi.

How is this sentence pronounced?

A natural reading is:

この だんしょく と かんしょく の はいしょく は こどもっぽい。

A few notes:

• 暖色 = だんしょく (warm colors)
• 寒色 = かんしょく (cool colors)
• 配色 = はいしょく (color scheme / color arrangement)
• 子供っぽい = こどもっぽい (childish / childlike-looking)

Notice that 子供 and っぽい are pronounced together smoothly as こどもっぽい.

What does 暖色と寒色の配色 mean as one chunk?

It means something like:

a color scheme using warm colors and cool colors

Here is the structure:

• 暖色 = warm colors
• と = and
• 寒色 = cool colors
• の = linking particle, similar to of
• 配色 = color scheme / color combination

So:

• 暖色と寒色の配色
• literally: the color scheme of warm colors and cool colors
• more naturally in English: a warm-and-cool color scheme or a color scheme combining warm and cool colors

Why is there a の before ?