noun
glossy black; raven black
A traditional Japanese color name referring to a lustrous, deep black like a crow's feathers. Often used in artistic, literary, or descriptive contexts.
彼女の髪は烏羽色で、光に当たると青みがかって見える。
Her hair is glossy black, and it looks bluish in the light.
濡れ羽色 also refers to a glossy black like wet feathers, but is more commonly used for hair, while 烏羽色 can be used more broadly.
Compound of 烏 (からす, 'crow'), 羽 (は, 'feather'), and 色 (いろ, 'color'), literally 'crow-feather color'. The reading ば is a rendaku form of 羽.