Colours of buildings and cities
Walls, roofs, tiles, doors and whole painted towns.
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Black
The colour seen when no visible light is present or all light is absorbedBasic colour
Black
Carbon black
A deep black pigment and filler made by burning carbon-rich materials with little airPigment
Black
Vantablack
A super-black coating made from carbon nanotubes that absorbs nearly all visible lightPigment
Black
Bone char
A deep black pigment and filter made by charring animal bonesPigment
Black
Ebony
A jet-black hardwood valued for its smooth finish and rarityColour named from nature · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5
Black
Onyx
A banded stone, usually black and white, prized for carving and jewelleryColour named from nature · 🇲🇽 Mexico +5
Black
Super black
A surface treatment that absorbs nearly all visible lightStandard colour · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ebony: CaptMondo, CC BY 2.5, source
- Onyx: Simon Eugster -- Simon 14:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carbon black: FK1954, Public domain, source
- Vantablack: Surrey NanoSystems, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bone char: Honza Groh ( Jagro ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Black: w:Harlan Kredit, Public domain, source