DARK-COLORED Synonyms

• marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes

• a person with dark (brown) hair

• a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

• a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

• a very dark grey color

• a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material

• of a very dark grey

• draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

• like twilight; dim

• made dim or less bright

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• offering little or no hope

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• become dim or lusterless

• make dim or lusterless

• make dim by comparison or conceal

• become vague or indistinct

• lighted by or as if by twilight

• naturally having skin of a dark color

• a very dark black

• hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

• tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

• of a very dark black

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• of the color of black ink

• an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

• the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

• a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

• atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

• street names for ketamine

• an artificially produced flow of water

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

• fly a jet plane

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• dark or gloomy

• the time of day immediately following sunset

• acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces

• extremely dark

• extremely dark

• an artist's brush made of sable hairs

• the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

• a very dark black

• a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

• marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

• of a dark somewhat brownish black

• relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

• protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• a position of relative inferiority

• a slight amount or degree of difference

• a mental representation of some haunting experience

• a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)

• a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view

• cast a shadow over

• represent the effect of shade or shadow on

• protect from light, heat, or view

• vary slightly

• pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree

• filled with shade

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• lacking in substance

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character