96 Things That Are Black

John Spacey, May 31, 2022

Black is the color that is perceived with the full absorption of light. This includes things that lack light such as the night or outer space and materials that absorb light. Black is a common color in nature if you consider that space, night and shadow are black. Animals and insects are often black. In some cases, this may act as camouflage, particularly at night. It is common for things to be designed to be black as it is considered an attractive color. For example, black metals and flowers that have been specifically engineered for a black or close-to-black color. Naturally black materials include obsidian, ebony wood and carbonado. The following are common examples of black things.

Ants	Ashes
Asphalt	Bears
Beetles	Black Beans
Black Caimans	Black Canary Potatoes
Black Cats	Black Corn
Black Diamonds	Black Earth
Black Flies	Black Garlic
Black Gold	Black Holes
Black Leather	Black Opal
Black Orchids	Black Pearls
Black Plums	Black Rice
Black Roosters	Black Roses
Black Sapphires	Black Soybeans
Black Spinels	Black Squirrels
Black Steel / Black Stainless Steel	Black Swan
Black Titanium	Black Tulips
Black Velvet	Black Velvet Petunia
Black Vultures	Black Walnut (wood)
Black Widows	Blackberries
Blackbirds	Blackboards
Bugs	Carbon
Carbonado	Cast Iron
Caviar	Charcoal
Chess Pieces	Chia Seeds
Chocolate	Coal
Coffee / Coffee Beans	Cola
Common Grackles	Cormorant
Cows	Crows
Damascus Steel	Dogs
Ebony Wood	Eyes
Formal Wear	Gorillas
Grapes	Hair
Ink	Jet
Licorice	Melanite
Night	Obsidian
Oil	Olives
Onyx	Orca
Panthers	Penguins
Pepper	Piano Keys
Prunes	Raisins
Ravens	Rubber
Sand	Sesame
Shadows	Smoke
Soot	Soy Sauce
Space	Sunglasses
Tar	Tasmanian Devils
Tea / Tea Leaves	Tires
Wenge Wood	Zirconium