blackish

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The colors are a reddish black, a Renaissance ultramarine blue and a blackish burgundy that Zumthor hoped would conjure a cave-like dimness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

The prosecution had claimed the stains were reddish when the clothes were recovered - but the defence argued that blood would have turned blackish after being immersed in miso for so long.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

Fresh from the interior of a planet, magma usually forms a blackish rock called basalt—not granite, says planetary geoscientist Harry McSween of the University of Tennessee.

From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023

A blackish mold now coated the food, the old and tattered bedding, even the weapons.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2022

The pot was filled with limp, almond-shaped leaves, boiling away in about half a gallon of blackish water.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt