Talk:いろは唄 (Iroha Uta)/@comment-193.179.175.210-20200110171034/@comment-26239285-20200110233140

The いろ bit in いろは is taken to mean colour as you can see in the use of kanji 色 meaning colour in verses 4 etc. However, the famous poem from which the line is based is referred to as いろは iroha and it's like its own word, kind of like The Odyssey is the name of a Greek literary work and has become an ordinary English word.