blue black

His beard was as long as any monks, thick and curly, blue black, obscuring his shoulders and chest.

The Snow Child and the Fiendish Lover 2009

His beard was as long as any monks, thick and curly, blue black, obscuring his shoulders and chest.

The Snow Child and the Fiendish Lover 2009

Alone, blue black is useful as a cool shade for white draperies; and compounded with cobalt, affords a good gray for louring clouds.

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field