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From [this question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/46606/how-
is-%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F-formed) I found the following
sentence:

> 彼は壁を赤くではなく青く塗った

I was wondering specifically about 赤く＋ではなく. Does ではなく just attach regardless?

The question described ではなくas だ＋は＋ない using their connective forms. But with い
adjectives and adverbs, 赤いだ and 赤くだ aren't ever used, riight? Or does that
just not matter?

I don't really see any alternative, but perhaps would 赤くてはなく (is not red but)
or something similar work?

Thanks, and sorry if it's an easy question or repeat
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adverbs i-adjectives
ではなく（て） with Adjectives/Adverbs
I think you should think AではなくB as a idiom and it can be mixed with words of
various grammatical roles.

In the case of a verb, it is 私は、歩いてではなく(歩くのではなく)走って学校に行く.

In the case of a noun, it is 私は、はしではなくフォークでご飯を食べる。

In the case of a adverb, it is 私は時間がちょっとではなくたくさんほしい。

In the case of a i-adjective which modifies a verb, it is 彼は壁を赤くではなく青く塗った.

In the case of a i-adjective, it isn't この壁は赤くではなく青い but この壁は赤くなく青い.

In the case of a na-adjectiv, it is 私は英語が嫌いではなく好きだ。
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This may just be a lazy Tokyo colloquialism, but the closest phrasing we
regularly use is **赤い** ？ **赤く** はないけど... but that structure is using
adjectives in both sentences. If you think of the adverbs as independent
units, the phrasing **早く** 寝た？ **早く** ではなくいつも通り寝た。becomes more palatable.
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赤いだ is impossible but 赤くだ can happen. e.g 色が変わったというのは青くではなく赤くだ: The color
having changed doesn't mean into blue but into red.

The example sentence is difficult to rephrase, apart from 赤ではなく.

赤くてはなく is ungrammatical.

On the other hand, a structure like 赤くはなく青く塗った per se is possible. However in
this case, it's a weird expression because it would mean that being blue and
being red essentially can simultaneously happen.
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