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Black vs. Dark: Know the Difference

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By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
Black is a color with no hue, often associated with darkness and absence of light, whereas dark refers to a lack of brightness, describing conditions with low light.
Black vs. Dark

Key Differences

Black is a specific color, often seen as the deepest or most complete color, absorbing all light and not reflecting any. Dark, on the other hand, describes a level of lightness or brightness, often indicating a lack of illumination or reduced visibility.
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In art and design, black is used as a powerful, dominant color, capable of evoking strong emotions. Dark, however, often describes a tone or shade, which can include various colors that are not bright, or are closer to black in appearance.
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Linguistically, 'black' can symbolize negativity or bad luck in some cultures, but also elegance and formality. 'Dark' is frequently associated with mystery, fear, or the unknown, as well as night or shadowy areas.
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In science, black is often related to objects that absorb all wavelengths of light, like a black hole. In contrast, dark is used to describe areas with minimal or no light, such as a dark room or a night sky.
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In fashion, black is a staple color known for its versatility and timeless quality. Dark, in fashion terminology, often refers to any deep or muted colors, not just black, emphasizing a subdued or understated aesthetic.
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Comparison Chart

Definition

A color with no hue, absorbing all light
A condition of low brightness, not necessarily black
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Usage in Art

Used for depth and contrast
Used to create mood, shadow, and dimension
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Cultural Meaning

Often associated with elegance or negativity
Suggests mystery or lack of clarity
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In Fashion

A specific color choice, often seen as classic
Describes shades that are closer to black
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Linguistic Use

Used literally and metaphorically
Primarily used descriptively
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Black and Dark Definitions

Black

Black is often used in technology to describe objects that absorb all wavelengths, like a black hole.
The scientist explained the concept of a black hole absorbing all light.
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Dark

Dark refers to a lack of brightness or illumination.
The room was dark, making it difficult to find her way.
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Black

Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
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Dark can signify secrecy or the unknown.
They spoke in dark corners to avoid being overheard.
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Black

Having little or no light
A black, moonless night.
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Dark

Lacking or having very little light
A dark corner.
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Black

Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin
The black population of South Africa.
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Dark

Lacking brightness
A dark day.
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Black

Of or belonging to an American ethnic group descended from African peoples having dark skin; African American.
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Dark

Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black
Dark clothing.
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Black

Very dark in color
Rich black soil.
Black, wavy hair.
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Dark

Served without milk or cream
Dark coffee.
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Black

Being a trail, as for skiing, marked with a sign having a black diamond, indicating a high level of difficulty.
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Dark

Being or having a complexion that is not light in color.
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Black

Soiled, as from soot; dirty
Feet black from playing outdoors.
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Dark

Sullen or threatening
A dark scowl.
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Black

Evil; wicked
The pirates' black deeds.
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Dark

Characterized by gloom or pessimism; dismal or bleak
A dark day for the economy.
Dark predictions of what lies in store.
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Black

Cheerless and depressing; gloomy
Black thoughts.
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Dark

Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.
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Black

Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor
A black comedy.
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Dark

Unknown or concealed; mysterious
A dark secret.
The dark workings of the unconscious.
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Black

Marked by anger or sullenness
Gave me a black look.
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Dark

Lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture
A dark age in the history of education.
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Black

Attended with disaster; calamitous
A black day.
The stock market crash on Black Friday.
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Dark

Evil in nature or effect; sinister
"churned up dark undercurrents of ethnic and religious hostility" (Peter Maas).
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Black

Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor
“Man ... has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands” (Rachel Carson).
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Dark

Morally corrupt; vicious
Dark deeds.
A dark past.
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Black

Wearing clothing of the darkest visual hue
The black knight.
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Dark

Having richness or depth
A dark, melancholy vocal tone.
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Black

Served without milk or cream
Black coffee.
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Dark

Not giving performances; closed
The movie theater is dark on Mondays.
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Black

Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations
Black propaganda.
Black radio transmissions.
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Dark

(Linguistics) Pronounced with the back of the tongue raised toward the velum. Used of the sound (l) in words like full.
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Black

Disclosed, for reasons of security, only to an extremely limited number of authorized persons; very highly classified
Black programs in the Defense Department.
The Pentagon's black budget.
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Dark

Absence of light.
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Chiefly British Boycotted as part of a labor union action.
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Dark

A place having little or no light.
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Black

The achromatic color value of minimum lightness or maximum darkness; the color of objects that absorb nearly all light of all visible wavelengths; one extreme of the neutral gray series, the opposite being white. Although strictly a response to zero stimulation of the retina, the perception of black appears to depend on contrast with surrounding color stimuli.
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Dark

Night; nightfall
Home before dark.
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Black

A pigment or dye having this color value.
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Dark

A deep hue or color.
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Black

Complete or almost complete absence of light; darkness.
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Dark

Darks Pieces of laundry having a dark color.
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Black

Clothing of the darkest hue, especially such clothing worn for mourning.
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Dark

Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
The room was too dark for reading.
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Black

A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
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Dark

(of a source of light) Extinguished.
Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs.
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Black

An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
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Dark

Deprived of sight; blind.
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Black

Something that is colored black.
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Dark

Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension: caliginous, darkling, dim, gloomy, lightless, sombre.
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Black

The black-colored pieces, as in chess or checkers.
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Dark

(of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
My sister's hair is darker than mine;
Her skin grew dark with a suntan
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Black

The player using these pieces.
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Dark

Ambiguously or unclearly expressed: enigmatic, esoteric, mysterious, obscure, undefined.
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Black

The condition of making or operating at a profit
Worked hard to get the business back into the black.
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Marked by or conducted with secrecy: hidden, secret; clandestine, surreptitious.
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Black

To make black
Blacked their faces with charcoal.
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Dark

Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.
A dark villain;
A dark deed
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Black

To apply blacking to
Blacked the stove.
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Dark

Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
The Great Depression was a dark time;
The film was a dark psychological thriller
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Black

Chiefly British To boycott as part of a labor union action.
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Dark

(of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
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Black

To become black.
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Dark

Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
September 11, 2001, the day when four terrorist attacks destroyed the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, is often referred to as America's dark day.
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(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
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Dark

With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
The ending of this book is rather dark.
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Black

(of a place, etc) Without light.
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Dark

Off the air; not transmitting.
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Black

(sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. See usage notes below.
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Dark

A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
Dark surrounds us completely.
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Black

(US) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
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Dark

(uncountable) Ignorance.
We kept him in the dark.
The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed.
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Black

Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
Black drinking fountain; black hospital
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Dark

(uncountable) Nightfall.
It was after dark before we got to playing baseball.
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Black

Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare of the hearts or diamonds suit
I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
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Dark

A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
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Black

Bad; evil; ill-omened.
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Dark

(intransitive) To grow or become dark, darken.
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Black

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
He shot her a black look.
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Dark

(intransitive) To remain in the dark, lurk, lie hidden or concealed.
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Black

(of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
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Dark

(transitive) To make dark, darken; to obscure.
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Black

Foul; dirty, soiled.
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Dark

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon,Irrecoverably dark, total eclipseWithout all hope of day!
In the dark and silent grave.
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Black

Overcrowded.
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Dark

Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
The dark problems of existence.
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain.
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?
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Black

(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer.
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Dark

Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.
The age wherein he lived was dark, but heCould not want light who taught the world to see.
The tenth century used to be reckoned by mediæval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night.
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Black

Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) often regardless of the pieces' actual colour.
The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.
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Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.
Left him at large to his own dark designs.
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Black

(politics) Anarchist; of or pertaining to anarchism.
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Dark

Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.
More dark and dark our woes.
A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature.
There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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(typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare said of a character or symbol outline, not filled with color.
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Deprived of sight; blind.
He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years.
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Black

(politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance.
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Dark

Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.
Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out.
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Black

Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.
Black operations/black ops, black room, black site
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The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.
Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark.
Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark, and as void of knowledge, as before.
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Black

Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
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Dark

A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.
The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights.
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Black

Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. 1=Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").
The Royal Black Institution
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Dark

To darken; to obscure.
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Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
Black birch, black locust, black rhino
The black knight, black bile
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Dark

Absence of light or illumination
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Black

The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
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Dark

Absence of moral or spiritual values;
The powers of darkness
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Black

A black dye or pigment.
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Dark

An unilluminated area;
He moved off into the darkness
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Black

(countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
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Dark

The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
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Black

(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
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Dark

An unenlightened state;
He was in the dark concerning their intentions
His lectures dispelled the darkness
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Black

A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. See usage notes.
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Devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness; shadowed or black or somber-colored;
Sitting in a dark corner
A dark day
Dark shadows
The theater is dark on Mondays
Dark as the inside of a black cat
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Black

(informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
Black don't crack
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Dark

(used of color) having a dark hue;
Dark green
Dark glasses
Dark colors like wine red or navy blue
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Black

The black ball.
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Dark

Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes);
Dark eyes
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Black

The edge of home plate.
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Dark

Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable;
Black deeds
A black lie
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed
Darth Vader of the dark side
A dark purpose
Dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him
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Black

A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
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Dark

Causing dejection;
A blue day
The dark days of the war
A week of rainy depressing weather
A disconsolate winter landscape
The first dismal dispiriting days of November
A dark gloomy day
Grim rainy weather
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Black

, especially as syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
Pernod and black... snakebite and black... cider and black...
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Dark

Secret;
Keep it dark
The dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East
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Black

The person playing with the black set of pieces.
At this point black makes a disastrous move.
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Dark

Showing a brooding ill humor;
A dark scowl
The proverbially dour New England Puritan
A glum, hopeless shrug
He sat in moody silence
A morose and unsociable manner
A saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
A sour temper
A sullen crowd
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Black

(countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
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Dark

Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture;
This benighted country
Benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
The dark ages
A dark age in the history of education
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Black

A stain; a spot.
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Dark

Marked by difficulty of style or expression;
Much that was dark is now quite clear to me
Those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure
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Black

A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
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Dark

Having skin rich in melanin pigments;
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The dark races
Dark-skinned peoples
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Black

Marijuana.
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Dark

Not giving performances; closed;
The theater is dark on Mondays
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Black

(transitive) To make black; to blacken.
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Dark

Dark can describe a mood or tone that is somber or gloomy.
The film had a dark storyline, filled with suspense and mystery.
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Black

(transitive) To apply blacking to (something).
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Dark

In color theory, dark shades are those closer to black than white.
The artist chose a dark blue for the night sky in his painting.
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Black

To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
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Dark

Dark is often associated with night or shadowy areas.
She preferred walking in the dark, enjoying the quiet of the evening.
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Black

(pornography) of a white woman To be fucked by a black man.
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Black

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
O night, with hue so black!
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Black

In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
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Black

Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
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Black

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Black

Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
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Black

That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
Black is the badge of hell,The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night.
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Black

A black pigment or dye.
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Black

A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
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Black

A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible.
That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers.
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Black

The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
The black or sight of the eye.
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Black

A stain; a spot; a smooch.
Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust.
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Black

To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
They have their teeth blacked, both men and women, for they say a dog hath his teeth white, therefore they will black theirs.
Sins which black thy soul.
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Black

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
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Black

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

Total absence of light;
They fumbled around in total darkness
In the black of night
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Black

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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Black

Popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
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Black

A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
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Black

(board games) the darker pieces
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Black

Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning);
The widow wore black
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Black

Make or become black;
The smoke blackened the ceiling
The ceiling blackened
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Black

Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light;
Black leather jackets
As black as coal
Rich black soil
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Black

Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin;
A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization
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Black

Marked by anger or resentment or hostility;
Black looks
Black words
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Black

Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable;
Black deeds
A black lie
His black heart has concocted yet another black deed
Darth Vader of the dark side
A dark purpose
Dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility
The scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him
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Black

Offering little or no hope;
The future looked black
Prospects were bleak
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult
Took a dim view of things
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Black

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
The stock market crashed on Black Friday
A calamitous defeat
The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
A fateful error
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Black

(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;
A face black with fury
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Black

Extremely dark;
A black moonless night
Through the pitch-black woods
It was pitch-dark in the celler
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Black

Harshly ironic or sinister;
Black humor
A grim joke
Grim laughter
Fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit
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Black

(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading;
Black propaganda
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Black

Distributed or sold illicitly;
The black economy pays no taxes
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Black

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands
An ignominious retreat
Inglorious defeat
An opprobrious monument to human greed
A shameful display of cowardice
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Black

(of coffee) without cream or sugar
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Black

Dressed in black;
A black knight
Black friars
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Black

Soiled with dirt or soot;
With feet black from playing outdoors
His shirt was black within an hour
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Black

Black is the darkest color, owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light.
The night sky was pitch black, with no stars visible.
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Black

In a cultural context, black can symbolize sophistication or formality.
She wore a black dress to the gala, exuding elegance.
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Black

Black can represent bad luck or negativity in some traditions.
Crossing paths with a black cat is considered a bad omen in some cultures.
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Black

In fashion, black is known for its slimming effect and versatility.
He chose a black suit for its classic and timeless appeal.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries

Is dark always related to fear or negativity?

Not necessarily, dark can also imply privacy, introspection, and tranquility.
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Is black a color or a shade?

Black is considered a color in art and design, but scientifically, it's the absence of visible light.
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Can dark refer to colors other than black?

Yes, any color with a low lightness level can be described as dark.
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Are there any positive connotations of black?

Yes, black is also associated with elegance, sophistication, and formality.
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Is black always the darkest color in art?

In most cases, yes, but artists can also use very dark shades of other colors for similar effects.
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Can dark be a color?

Dark is not a color itself, but a descriptor for low light conditions or deep shades of colors.
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Why is black often associated with negativity?

Historically, black has been linked to mystery, the unknown, and sometimes evil, influencing cultural perceptions.
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Why is black used in technology to describe space phenomena like black holes?

Because black holes absorb all light, making them appear black.
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Is there a psychological impact of using black or dark in spaces?

Yes, black can feel overwhelming or enclosing, while dark spaces can be calming or oppressive, depending on context.
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In film and theater, how are black and dark used differently?

Black is used for dramatic effect and to suggest finality, while dark settings create mood and suspense.
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Why is black a popular color in fashion?

Black is versatile, timeless, and known for its slimming effect.
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Does dark have a specific place in fashion?

Dark shades are often used for their slimming effect and to convey a sense of sophistication or mystery.
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In art, how is black used differently from dark shades?

Black is used for strong contrast and depth, while dark shades add mood and dimension.
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Can dark exist in a brightly colored environment?

Yes, dark areas can be present in bright environments, often as shadows or shaded areas.
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Do black and dark have different meanings in literature?

Yes, black often symbolizes something absolute or extreme, while dark can suggest ambiguity or subtlety.
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In photography, how do black and dark differ?

Black is used for strong contrast, while dark areas in a photo can provide depth and narrative.
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Can black and dark be used interchangeably in descriptions?

Not always, as black refers to a specific color, while dark describes lightness levels.
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Are there any specific industries where black or dark are preferred?

Yes, in industries like fashion, technology, and automotive, black and dark shades convey sophistication, power, and innovation.
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How do cultural interpretations of black and dark differ?

Different cultures have varying associations, with black often seen as formal or mournful, and dark as mysterious or threatening.
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Can black be a warm color?

Black is generally considered a neutral or cool color, but can appear warmer when paired with certain hues.
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