Inky Black

“Sometimes they are,” added an inky-black lady with an ugly scar on the left side of her mug. ❋ Thomas Slater (2011)

Christie's, meanwhile, will illustrate Fontana's contrasting moods in two examples of his famous "Concetto spaziale" series in which the artist slashes and digs into canvases: an ominous inky-black painting from 1962 has a dark and mysterious presence (estimate: £1.6 million-£2 million), and a luminous blue, slashed painting from 1964 has an almost lyrical effect (estimate: £350,000-£450,000). ❋ Margaret Studer (2011)

But it's his hair: it's not inky-black any more, or cobalt-blue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's not the stars themselves that have vanished, but rather the inky-black backdrop against which they used to be visible. ❋ Ben Harder (2010)

On the table, in a wicker tray, there are blue stones, polished amethysts, inky-black pebbles from a stream, marbles with clouds of color like smoke trapped inside. ❋ Ann Beattie (2010)

She wore an aquamarine shalwar kameez that was at once diaphanous and utterly modest, and had inky-black hair that streamed down her back. ❋ Megan McAndrew (2009)

#2: Not too bad, aside from the inky-black, badly placed writing. ❋ Jen (2009)

With his inky-black hair tied back at his nape, his dark eyes flashed a sensual warning. ❋ Jess Granger (2009)

Aquaman and Manta tussle as they are wont to do, and it ends with Manta releasing some sort of inky-black cloud from a piece of equipment, temporarily blinding Aquaman. ❋ Rob! (2009)

For certain of his public appearances he wore makeup including inky-black mascara lightly brushed against his eyelashes. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I could pretty much identify the Greenmarket stalls they came from, like the slivers of ruby red watermelon radish that added a jolt to the terrific inky-black beluga lentils (they do indeed look like caviar) tossed with tarragon-mustard dressing. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And to the left, between the railway and the dark mass of the low hill beyond, dominating the whole view, colossal, inky-black, and crowned with smoke and fitful flames, stood the great cylinders of the Jeddah Company Blast Furnaces, the central edifices of the big ironworks of which Horrocks was the manager. ❋ Herbert George (2006)