Indian ink

American  

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase)  India ink.

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Indian ink British  

noun

1. a black pigment made from a mixture of lampblack and a binding agent such as gelatine or glue: usually formed into solid cakes and sticks

2. a black liquid ink made from this pigment

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Example Sentences

Kirk Andrews, from Stourbridge, has produced a series called Music Icons - and his latest piece is an Indian ink stamp image of Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.

From BBC

‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party’ She’s cooking up a storm, so bring your appetite in this immersive, interactive theatrical experience presented by New Zealand’s Indian Ink Theatre Company.

From Los Angeles Times

She was nominated seven times for the Helen Hayes Award, a Washington theater award for excellence, before winning in 2000 for her supporting performance in Tom Stoppard’s “Indian Ink” at the Studio Theatre.

From Washington Post

I’m a renewed fan of The Real Inspector Hound and Indian Ink, and a new fan of Professional Foul, a grimly entertaining television play about dissidents in Czechoslovakia that someone should reboot in 2021.

From Slate

In his play “Indian Ink,” a character calls biography “the worst possible excuse for getting people wrong,” and in “The Invention of Love,” Stoppard has Oscar Wilde describe biography as “the mesh through which our real life escapes.”

From New York Times