"Arri London" <biotech@ic.ac.uk> wrote in message 
news:43517848.736B12BE@ic.ac.uk...
> Would like to title a taiko piece 'red or green'. It refers to
> chiles/chilis/hot peppers.
> Looked up the words red and green in an online dictionary:
> http://www.solon.org/cgi-bin/j-e/inline/dict?I=on&LI=on
>
> Of course there are several words for either red or green colour. Would
> like to know which are the correct ones when referring to the chiles, or
> if it matters specifically.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> (Not studying Japanese specifically but interested in the language.)

    I'm not a native Japanese speaker, so I might be wrong, but I'd say 
"akai" for red and "aoi" for green.

    - Oliver