pitch-black

[ pich-blak ]

/ ˈpɪtʃˈblæk /

extremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night.

Origin of pitch-black

First recorded in 1590–1600

As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.

Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead |Sandeep Jauhar |August 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Louie, on the other hand, shifts effortlessly between outright humor, comedy of the uncomfortable, and pitch-black satire.

Charlie Sheen’s ‘Anger Management’ & Louis C.K.’s ‘Louie’: Comedy Clash |Jace Lacob |June 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Chris Lee on the pitch-black pre-nuptial Indie comedy premiering at Sundance.

At Sundance, Icy Kirsten Dunst Leads Pitch-Black Comedy ‘Bachelorette’ |Chris Lee |January 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A faint orange light illuminated the checkpoint on the pitch-black highway in eastern Libya last night.

Four Missing New York Times Journalists |Babak Dehghanpisheh |March 16, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

So there I stood in the pitch-black dark, while all kinds of animals which I couldn't see chattered and jostled around me.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle |Hugh Lofting
It was pitch-black; the riding light of the Pied Witch was still there, looking no bigger than a firefly.

Villa Rubein and Other Stories |John Galsworthy
Termitaries, as far as the entomologist knew, were pitch-black places which no ray of light ever entered.

The Raid on the Termites |Paul Ernst
The night was pitch-black and the blackness was intensified by intermittent streaks of lightning.

The Pacific Triangle |Sydney Greenbie
How then could one expect him to put up a mosquito net in the pitch-black darkness in a country where every tree has got a thorn?

Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |Robert Valentine Dolbey

pitch-black

extremely dark; unlit the room was pitch-black

of a deep black colour