color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff
颜 · 15 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 彦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 顏.
色 · 6 strokes
Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.