coal black
Deepest possible shade
Coal black describes the deepest, most intense shade of black—black as a lump of coal.
The phrase typically modifies hair, eyes, or night sky: Her coal black hair fell past her shoulders.
Often hyphenated when preceding a noun: coal-black eyes.
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- darknessTotal absence of light
- obsidianGlassy igneous rock
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
- pitchFrequency of sound
ink · midnight · sable · tar · graphite · raven · carbonaceous · ebony · lignite · onyx · bituminous · jet · shadow · nighttime · deep · noir · smoke · shiny
- blackebony, onyx, jet, raven, sable
- dark colorsebony, onyx, jet, navy, midnight blue
- dark hair colorsbrunette, brown hair, dark brown, sable
- vivid colorsneon green, neon pink, neon yellow, neon orange, neon purple
color value/lightness
coal blackpure white
Entirely without color
white · bright white · lily white · ivory · pale
black, coal, charcoal, blacken, blackness, blackish, blackened, blackening, blackly