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by EE84M3i 1972 days ago
Note that you still can use the the iro/color suffix for aka (red), ao (blue), midori (green), you just don't have to and they also function as standalone adjectives.

E.g. akai (赤い) -- red (adjective) vs akairo (赤色) -- the color red (noun)

compare: chaiiroi (茶色い) -- light brown (adjective) vs chaiiro (茶色) the color light brown (noun) -- literally "tea color"