What's the meaning of the colors that Koi have?

Here's a bunch of translations of the color names: Ai - red Aka - red Beni - red Budo - purple Cha - tea or brown colored Gin - (pron. geen) silver Hi - (pron. hee) red Ki - (pron. kee) yellow Kin - (pron. keen) gold Midori - (pron. meedoree) green Orenji - (pron. orenjee) orange Purachina - (pron. pooracheenah) platinum or metallic white Shiro - (pron. sheeroh) white Sumi - (pron. suemee) black Yamabuki - (pron. yahmahbookee) metallic yellow Share: Del.icio.us Digg Reddit