blackish blue; dark blue-black
A deep, dark blue with a blackish tinge, used in literary, artistic, or descriptive contexts. Not a common everyday color word.
Her kimono was dyed a blackish blue.
Compound of 黛 (まゆずみ, eyebrow black, a dark pigment) and 青 (blue/green). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with a blackish-blue color.