coal blacknoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkəʊl ˈblæk/us/ˌkoʊl ˈblæk/a pure black colour
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Black, white & grey
- black
- blackness
- cream
- dark
- dove grey
- dusty
- grey
- greyish
- gunmetal grey
- inky
- jet black
- lily-white
- milky
- off white
- pitch-dark
- sable
- snow white
- steel grey
- white
- whitish
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coal-black
adjective ukus
Examples from literature
- Except for a white patch on its breast it was coal black.
- Her eyes were large and brown, the long eyebrows were coal black.
- The hair—which a few short hours ago had been nearly coal black—was now silvery white.
- The horses are coal black, and their eyes flash in the darkness like fire.