A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.

synonyms: carbon black, crock, smut, soot.

Roget 431: blackness, etc. adj.; darkness, etc. (want of light).. 421; swartliness^†, lividity, dark color, tone, color; chiaroscuro etc. 420.    nigrification^†, infuscation^†.    jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow.    [derogatory terms for black-skinned people] negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black; buck, nigger [U.S.]; coon [U.S.], sambo.    [Pigments] lampblack, ivory black, blueblack; writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink.    ... show more

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