of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.
"black smoke"
Similar:
dark
pitch black
as black as pitch
pitch-dark
jet black
inky
coal black
blackish
sable
Stygian
Opposite:
white
2.
belonging to or denoting a human group having dark-colored skin, especially of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
"the entire cast is Black"
noun
1.
black color or pigment.
"a tray decorated in black and green"
2.
a member of a human group having dark-colored skin, especially one of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
verb
1.
make (something) black; blacken.
"the house was pocked with bullet holes and blacked by smoke"
Similar:
blacken
darken
