smoky black

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smoky black (countable and uncountable, plural smoky blacks)

  1. A coat colour of horses that is either black or slightly lighter than black.
    smoky black:  
    • 2019 December 6, Claire Stares, “Country diary: this elegant wader has become a local celebrity”, in The Guardian:
      During the summer months they sport smoky-black plumage, their wings speckled with white spots, but at this time of year they have mottled grey backs with paler underparts, making them difficult to distinguish from the more prolific common redshank (T totanus).
    • 2019 November 20, Duncan Macmillan, “Art reviews: RSA Annual Exhibition 2019 - Mary Cameron: Life in Paint”, in The Scotsman:
      Past president Arthur Watson also uses words, wonderful Scots words for snowfall and nightfall, 25 of them rendered in smoky black, each in its own frame.