slate black


noun

a slightly purplish black.

Words nearby slate black

Example sentences from the Web for slate black

  • The slit of blood grew larger and larger in the slate-black clouds.

    Flash-lights from the Seven Seas |William L. Stidger
  • They bathed it in reddish light, and it loomed halfway out of the slate-black sea like something left alone in a ruined world.

    Hunters Out of Space |Joseph Everidge Kelleam