Korean slang profile
깔맞춤
kkalmatchum
Color coordination
Coordinating the colors of clothes or accessories so they go together.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
신발과 가방을 파란색으로 깔맞춤했다.
I color-coordinated my shoes and bag in blue.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “깔맞춤” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection defines it as dressing in matching colors. It does not explain the occasion of the expression’s first use. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026