Shades of Black & Names with HEX, RGB Color Codes

What are 50 of the most common and popular tints and shades of black, including color names and HEX and RGB color codes? Black can either be the inclusion of all colors, or the absence of color entirely.

Black is often associated with authority, power, seduction, and strength. Black is very versatile, it can be used for both business and pleasure.

There are not many differences between many of the shades of black. Someone needs a good eye to differentiate between many. Some of the most popular shades include jet, ebony, charcoal, jade, and onyx.

50 Shades of Black – Names & Color Codes

Jet, or jet black, is the color that represents the jet gemstone. Technically, it’s a form of lignite. Most gemstones are classed as minerals. However, jet is a mineraloid because of the materials it’s comprised of. The first use of jet as a color name was in 1450.   

Oil black is considered one of the colors of used oil.

Cool black has a few variations. It’s usually a lighter tint with a relativity strong bluish appearance.

Jade black represents the color of the black jade mineral. The Jade is often used for ornaments and jewelry.

Leather resembles the average shade of black used for leather shoes and jackets.

This represents the common black color of crows.

Ebony resembles the color of dark ebony wood. Ebony wood is well-known for being used for dark piano keys accompanying ivory.

Raven’s are very much like a larger crow’s. Like crows, they are considered to be very intelligent. They also share a very similar shade of black.

Black metal is, in fact, black.

The sable is a small mammal, and its coloration can range from brown to very dark brown, bordering on black.

Obsidian is a type of black glass which is naturally formed by volcanic lava.

Soot represents the color of black soot. It has a slight reddish tone to it.

Coal is a type of rock, and it’s believed to have originated mostly from plant matter; it’s formed over millions of years of compression within the Earth. It tends to be dark brown to black in color.

Midnight represents the blackness of the night. It has slightly higher amounts of blue, giving it a very slight tinge of blue.

Ink represents the common shade of black ink.

Pitch is very close to pure black, it includes slight amounts of red and blue.

Spider black represents the color of the common house spider.

Charcoal is one of the lighter shades of black. It can resemble dark gray. However, it has relativity high amounts of red, green, and blue. This gives it a reddish tone, and it tends to get classified as black.

Onyx is often considered to be a black gemstone. Technically, it falls under the category of an oxide mineral. Its coloration is close to pure black, with a very slight tinge of blue.  

Grease is the average color of the usually thick liquid substance that is often used as a lubricant.

Black olive is one of the lighter tints. It has a slight yellow and greenish appearance.

Licuorice, and known in the UK as Liquorice, is created from the glycyrrhiza glabra, a type of plant. The licuorice color has a slight red tinge.

This shade represents the color of the black American Eel. It’s a lighter black with more of a reddish influence.

Black beans are also sometimes called turtle beans. They are a type of legume. Their coloration has a relatively strong inclusion of red.

Raisin black resembles the darker shade of raisins. It’s a very dark purple or violet.

Eerie is generally considered a shade of black, but it could equally be considered a dark gray.

This color is known as vampire black. It has a very slight greenish appearance.

This represents the average color of the 20 plus known domesticated cat breeds that can have a full coat of black fur.

This is moonlit ocean black, which is darker than the dark blue moonlit ocean pantone color.   

Volcanic ash black is a darker variant of the volcanic ash color.

Alien black is a shade of black with a slight hint of green.

This shade of black represents the color of dark chocolate.

This is metropolis black. We take the blue-green color of metropolis, and significantly darken it.

This represents the near black color that water can appear. It has a slight bluish appearance.

This lighter black is commonly found in retro environments and settings.

This shade of black has a high value of green compared to its other color values.

Sometimes pearls can have a very dark coloration. This represents the very dark color (approaching black) that pearls can be found with.

This is the approximate color of what is known as aesthetic black.

Sepia could be considered a very dark reddish brown, or reddish black. The color comes from the pigment that is extracted from the ink sac of the sepia cuttlefish. The pigment was commonly used as ink and by artists. Historical records suggest that it was commonly used by the ancient Romans and Greeks, and its regular artistic use continued in other parts of the world until the 19^th century.     

This represents the approximate shade of black that is common with modern day technology, such as phones, computers, and some household appliances.

Resembling the bluish black shade of deep dark space.