black

Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

The items around him were black in colour.

The scandal of a lie is in a manner lost and annihilated when diffused among several thousands; as a drop of the blackest tincture wears away and vanishes when mixed and confused in a considerable body of water; the blot is still in it, but is not able to discover itself.

Without light.

Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)

Somebody tell me, what can I do / Something is holding me back / Is it because I'm black?

I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States.

Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)

Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).

black drinking fountain; black hospital

The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.

Black is the badge of hell, / The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night.

CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. This four component color system is standard for most types of color printing, since black is an ink color in printing but is simply the absence of color in video.

A black dye or pigment.

A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.

Black cloth hung up at funerals.

Groans, and convulsions, and a discolored face, and friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible.

A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.

"How! They surely cannot pretend that the black is an Englishman?" "There are all kinds of Englishmen, black and white, when seamen grow scarce. […]"

But presently the negro seized the Hindoo by the throat; the Hindoo just pricked him in the arm with his knife, and the next moment his own head was driven against the side of the cabin with a stunning crack[…]The cabin was now full, and Sharpe was for putting both the blacks in irons.

To make black; to blacken.

"I don't want to fight; but you are a mean, dirty blackguard, or you wouldn't have treated a girl like that," replied Tommy, standing as stiff as a stake before the bully. "Say that again, and I'll black your eye for you."

Ted, you can black your face, and dye your hair, and squint, and some fine day, sooner or later, somebody'll come along and blab the whole thing.

To apply blacking to (something).

[…] he must catch, curry, and saddle his own horse; he must black his own brogans (for he will not be able to buy boots).

But in a moment he went to Greenidge's bedside, and said, shyly, in a low voice, "Shall I black your boots for you?"

To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

The plants were blacked by the Transport and General Workers' Union and a consumer boycott was organised; both activities contributed to what the union saw as a victory.