lampblack
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈlæmˌblæk/
- Specialized
:
negro de humo
- The artist used lampblack to create deep shadows in her painting.
- lampblack and ivory black
Examples
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Smell like lampblack, smell it.
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The ink consisted of lampblack and oil.
Academic text (1995) -
Period wood, acid, gold size, lampblack.
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The morning sky was featureless, a color like that made on paper from a thin wash of lampblack.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Stood bitch," they called it? And he always looked dark around the eyes, where the greasy fir smoke pooled and left lampblack.
Fiction book (1991) -
Ona Neck had left his papers in a mess, but underneath his diaries, he found the good parchment and the little bottle of India ink he had made from lampblack, and he took them both back to the fire.
Fiction book (1990) -
Once the other students had risen to the bait and were doing the talking, I had a chance to look Russell over for new damage: this week it was a thick, dark line, resembling lavishly applied lampblack, that ran under his right eye from nose to cheekbone.
Academic text (2000) -
Those were days when water boiled fast on a high fire, when the Dresden pot was warm and leaves were loosely steeping on a cold, rimy morning, when teacups were many and matching, and when the lampblack, which fretted me, was cleaned by the same Felicity.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the workshop, he mixed lampblack with oil to make a glossy ink.
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The charcoal drawing was enhanced by the addition of lampblack for rich texture.
Synonyms
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2.5
A black powder that forms when wood or coal burns and collects on surfaces
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9.9
A black powder used to make ink and paint
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5.9
A fine black powder used to make inks, paints, and rubber dark
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9.8
A black powder used to make ink or paint
A black pigment made by burning animal bones for paint and ink
How Dark
- Specialized
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5.9
- Specialized
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9.8
- Specialized
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2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lampblack comes from the simple words lamp and black and originally meant the black 'soot' that formed on oil lamps. So, lampblack now means the fine black pigment made from that soot and used in inks and paints.