dark-black

Updated: May 17, 2025

It is a gem worth crossing a continent to see, especially as there runs between the lake and the point of view a little valley dressed in bright, grassy green as a kind of foreground in the rear. There is thus a silvered lake, a lovely valley, with bright and warm green shades, and rich, dark-black forests in the rear.

James Cox - My Native Land: The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People;: with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions,: Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the: Instruction of the Young

As the layers were applied, their drying was hastened by exposure to the heat and smoke of a fire, the latter giving to the gum a dark-black hue. Dried without exposure to the smoke, or by the sun alone, the gum became white within and yellowish-brown without. The drying process required several days, and during its progress the gum was ornamented with characters or lines made with a stick.

James Dabney McCabe - Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made