깔맞춤 (kkalmatchum) — Coordinating colors.
Lesson 69 in our Korean Slang series, adapted from Korean Your Teacher Doesn’t Teach You by Injin Hwang. This expression appears in the book’s food, shopping, and style section.
What 깔맞춤 means
Use it for shoes, bags, clothes, or accessories that have been deliberately matched by color. The situation and tone help determine how natural the expression sounds.
A short conversation
A: 가방이랑 신발 색이 같네.
B: 응, 오늘 깔맞춤했어.
A: Your bag and shoes match.
B: Yes, I coordinated the colors today.
Use it with care
Casual style vocabulary. Color matching may be exact or a coordinated palette; use 색을 맞추다 for a neutral description.
A neutral or polite alternative: 색을 맞췄어요. — I matched the colors.
Try it yourself
Does 깔맞춤 refer to matching colors or matching prices?
Answer: Colors. Read the Korean exchange aloud, then replace one detail with something from your own life.
Learn the rest of the series in Basic Korean Grammar. Find more expressions in the Korean slang book on Amazon.
