blue-black; pigeon-wing grayish blue
A traditional Japanese color name referring to a dark, slightly bluish gray reminiscent of a pigeon's wing feathers. Used mainly in artistic, design, or descriptive contexts.
Her kimono had a silver pattern on a blue-black background.
Hatobairo is one of the traditional Japanese color names.
Compound of 鳩 (hato, 'pigeon'), 羽 (ha, 'wing'), and 色 (iro, 'color'), literally 'pigeon-wing color'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the name is conventionally associated with the color of a pigeon's feathers.