black line

Ink on paper

A black line is simply a line that is black—a dark mark or stripe on a surface.

The term appears in specialized contexts: in printing, a black line separates elements or frames images; in marine biology, black line disease affects coral; in food safety, the black line in shrimp is the digestive tract.

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Related

pen · stroke · bold stroke · mark · crossing out · boundary · horizon · divide · rule · ruled paper · thin · dark · drawn · margin · outline · contour · streak · track

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Opposites
color/visual appearance

black linewhite line

Painted road boundary

red line · blue line · yellow line · bright line · green line

shape/form

black linewavy line

Serpentine drawn stroke

spiral

visibility/presence

black linewhite space

Unprinted page regions

erasure · void · blankness

Family

black, line, blacks, blacked, blacking, blacken, blackens, blackened, blackening

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G