颜

yán

color

surname Yan; face; countenance; Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

talent/sound (彦) + head/face (页) = face and color

页 depicts the head and face, anchoring the meaning of countenance and appearance. 彦 contributes the sound yán and plays no semantic role here.

彦+页→颜

彦Talented personPhonetic

页HeadSemantic

面颜

miàn yán

face

开心颜

kāi xīn yán

to rejoice

开颜

kāi yán

to smile

阿嘿颜

ā hēi yán

variant of 阿黑顏|阿黑颜[a1 hei1 yan2]

阿黑颜

ā hēi yán

(ACG) ahegao (loanword from Japanese アヘ顔)

颜值

yán zhí

attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is)

颜值高

yán zhí gāo

good-looking

颜厚

yán hòu

brazen

颜厚有忸怩

yán hòu yǒu niǔ ní

even the most brazen person will sometimes feel shame (idiom)

颜回

yán huí

Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]

颜射

yán shè

to ejaculate onto sb's face

颜控

yán kòng

someone who attaches great importance to good looks (esp. in others)