ink-black

Thân thiện

The artist mixed an ink-black paint for the night sky.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of the color of black ink: Describes something that is a deep, intense black, similar to the color of traditional writing ink.

Usage

• As an adjective: Used to describe the color of an object, typically emphasizing its deep, pure black quality.
  • The night sky was ink-black, with no stars visible.
  • She wore an ink-black dress to the formal event.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive metaphor: Often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a specific shade of black that is uniform, dark, and sometimes glossy, like wet ink.
  • The crow's feathers were an ink-black sheen in the sunlight.
  • The tunnel ahead was ink-black and seemingly endless.

Variants and Related Words

• Ink-blackness (noun): The quality or state of being ink-black.
  • The ink-blackness of the ocean at night was both beautiful and terrifying.

Synonyms

• Jet-black: A very deep, pure black.
• Pitch-black: Extremely dark or black.
• Coal-black: Black like coal.
• Sable: A literary term for black, often used in heraldry.

Antonyms

• Snow-white: Pure white.
• Ivory: A pale white color.
• Chalk-white: A very pale, bright white.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• (As) black as ink: An idiom meaning extremely black or dark.
  • The storm clouds were as black as ink.
• Ink-black night: A common collocation describing a very dark night.
  • We lost our way in the ink-black night.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of the color of black ink

Từ đồng nghĩa

• inky
• inky-black