pitch black

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pitch black

The room was pitch black when the power went out.

Definition

Noun: * A very dark black: The color or condition of being extremely dark, with little or no light; an intense, deep blackness often compared to the darkness of pitch (tar).

Usage
  • Used as a noun to describe a color or a state of profound darkness.
  • Often appears in the phrase "pitch black" (functioning as a compound adjective) to describe something that is completely dark. However, as a standalone noun, it refers to the color itself or the condition of such darkness.
Examples
  • Noun:
    • The interior of the cave was a pitch black that seemed to swallow our flashlight beams.
    • He mixed the paints to create a pitch black for the night sky in his painting.
    • Without the moon, the forest at night was an absolute pitch black.
Advanced Usage
  • "in pitch black": In a state of complete darkness.
    • The power outage left the entire city in pitch black.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pitch-black (adjective): Of the darkest black; completely dark.
    • It was a pitch-black night with no stars visible.
  • Pitch-dark (adjective): Extremely dark.
    • The room was pitch-dark when I entered.
Synonyms
  • Jet black: A deep, glossy black.
  • Raven: A deep, shiny black (like a raven's feathers).
  • Sable: Black, often used in heraldry or for descriptive writing.
  • Ebony: A deep, dark black, like the wood.
Related Idioms
  • As black as pitch: An idiom meaning extremely dark.
    • The old cellar was as black as pitch.
pitch black

The room was pitch black when the power went out.

Noun
  1. a very dark black

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