look black

Idioms  

1. Appear threatening or unfavorable, as in The future looked black for Henry after he dropped out of school. This expression employs black in the sense of “boding ill,” a usage dating from about 1700. Also see under dirty look.

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Example Sentences

“At times, there was shame that I wanted to be white,” the author said, “other times there was the shame that I want to look Black.”

From Los Angeles Times

Indeed, this unusual, unaccredited little college in the middle of rural nowhere has been the subject of at least 10 full-length books and several poetry collections, and is a perennial topic of museum exhibitions — see, recently, “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933-1957,” organized by the Los Angeles-based writer and curator Helen Molesworth in 2016.

From New York Times

That was a space my mom and I had gone to before, and I remember being like, “Oh my God. Look: Black art being given the reverence that it deserves.”

From Los Angeles Times

“And they want their day the way they want it, wearing what’s most comfortable and looks best. Aside from the dramatic, chic, showstopping unexpected look, black can be more flattering — and practical. If you’re spending a lot on a dress, you want to re-wear it.”

From Washington Post

Part of her “Black Light Series,” begun in 1967, the piece uses darkened oil paints to render figures that look black against a white backdrop; but “viewed side by side, the different nuances of color become visible.”

From New York Times

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