black lipstick
Noir lip color
Black lipstick is lipstick in black pigment, associated with gothic, punk, and alternative fashion subcultures.
Once a marker of rebellion or counterculture identity, it has become more mainstream in high fashion and editorial beauty: She paired the black lipstick with a smoky eye.
The color suggests drama, edge, or deliberate departure from conventional femininity.
- gothMelancholic music subculture
- darkAbsence of light
- dark makeupBold, shadowy face paint
- matteNon-reflective surface finish
- vampySeductively dramatic in style
dramatic · smoky eye · smudged · bold · edgy · punk · alternative · nightclub · smoky · Tim Burton · rouge · crimson · plum · burgundy · glossy · stain · lip liner · tube
- black aestheticmonochrome, contrast, gothic style, noir, obsidian
- alt fashionpunk, goth, grunge, leather jackets, leather jacket
- Gothicgargoyle, gothic fiction, pointed arch, gothic architecture, flying buttress
aesthetic/subcultural association
black lipsticknatural makeup
Cosmetics creating unadorned appearance
black, lipstick, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness