Definitions
The darkest color, with little or no reflected light.
Word origin
From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”).
Used in a sentence
“The items around him were black in colour.”
“Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.”
“Somebody tell me, what can I do / Something is holding me back / Is it because I'm black?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Coal color”5 letters
02“Color of coal”5 letters
03“Ink color”5 letters
04“Ink color, often”5 letters
05“Very dark color”5 letters
06“Darkest color”5 letters
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