blackness

Noun

• total absence of light
  • they fumbled around in total darkness
    
  • in the black of night
    

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  total darkness , lightlessness , pitch blackness , black , inkiness
• Antonyms: 
  white , whiteness