black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
blackish
-
a word derived from
black.
Example Sentences
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The prosecution had claimed the stains were reddish when the clothes were recovered - but the defence argued that blood would have turned blackish after being immersed in miso for so long.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
Fresh from the interior of a planet, magma usually forms a blackish rock called basalt—not granite, says planetary geoscientist Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
The L.A. smog was so bad that the ground was kind of blackish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
A blackish mold now coated the food, the old and tattered bedding, even the weapons.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2022
It may have been nervousness, awkwardness, but the pan tilted under Pecola’s fingers and fell to the floor, splattering blackish blueberries everywhere.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
