This article is about variations of the color black. For other uses, see Shades of Black (disambiguation).
Varieties of the color black
Black
Common connotations
Darkness, evil, luxury, mourning
Color coordinates
Hex triplet
#000000
sRGBB (r, g, b)
(0, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)
(0°, 0%, 0%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)
(0, 0, 0°)
Source
X11/By definition
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Shades of black are colors that differ only slightly from pure black. These colors have a low lightness. From a photometric point of view, a color which differs slightly from black always has low relative luminance. Variations of black include what are commonly termed off-black colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme, usually in interior design as a part of a background for brighter colors. Black and dark gray colors are powerful accent colors that suggest weight, dignity, formality, and solemnity.[1]
In color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black. It decreases its lightness while nearly conserving its chromaticity. Strictly speaking, a "shade of black" is always a pure black itself and a "tint of black" would be a neutral gray. Unlike these, many off-black colors possess a hue and a colorfulness (also called saturation).
Colors often considered "shades of black" include onyx, black olive, charcoal, and jet; these colors and other variations of black are shown below.
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