soot black

soot black
noun
a very dark black
Syn: ↑coal black, ↑ebony, ↑jet black, ↑pitch black, ↑sable
Derivationally related forms: ↑ebonize (for: ↑ebony)
Hypernyms: ↑black, ↑blackness, ↑inkiness

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