slate black

noun

a slightly purplish black.

Words nearby slate black

slashing, slat, slat back, slatch, slate, slate black, slate blue, slate-colored junco, slated for, be, slater, slatey

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