noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
soot color; dark grayish brown
A dark, muted brownish-gray reminiscent of soot. Used as a noun or with の to describe the color of objects.
She was wearing a soot-colored coat.
壁を煤色に塗った。
I painted the wall a soot color.
sooty owl; greater sooty owl
sooty albatross
Standard kanji spelling for the color name.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; easier to read for learners.
Compound of 煤 (すす, 'soot') and 色 (いろ, 'color'). The reading すすいろ is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi readings of the two kanji.