Confusion between 濡れ羽色 and 烏羽色


According to a website I was learning, they said 濡れ羽色 is jet black and 烏羽色 is
glossy black. But in my Japanese dictionary, both words mean glossy black?




I suspect that, unless you're in a paint shop, you're expecting a bit too much
from a dictionary. According to my Japanese dictionary (ie, dictionary for
Japanese written in Japanese), these words are practically identical.

The meaning of 濡れ羽色

> 水に濡れた烏の羽の色のように，しっとりとしたつやのある黒色  
>  The color black having a moist gloss as in the color of a crow's moistened
> feather.

The meaning of 烏羽色

> 烏の羽のような，つやのある黒色  
>  The color black having a gloss [and the color] like that of a crow's
> feather

