涅色くりいろ

noun

dark black; black like pond sediment

A traditional Japanese color name (伝統色) for a deep, dull black, likened to the color of mud or sediment at the bottom of a still pond. Rare in modern conversation; mainly encountered in historical, artistic, or literary contexts.

• 涅くり色いろは、池いけの底そこに沈しずんだ泥どろのような黒こく色しょくを指さす伝でん統とう色しょくです。

  Kuriiro is a traditional Japanese color name for a black like the mud settled at the bottom of a pond.