| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | ashen | pale gray; dull and dark |
| 2. | aubergine | very dark purple |
| 3. | black | very dark; without light |
| 4. | blacked-out | made dark by cutting lights |
| 5. | blackened | made black or very dark |
| 6. | blackish | somewhat black; very dark |
| 7. | blackness | complete or near-complete darkness |
| 8. | blanketed | covered over, often with darkness |
| 9. | blotted out | hidden completely from view |
| 10. | blue-black | black with a blue tone |
| 11. | charcoal | dark gray-black |
| 12. | cheerless | lacking brightness or cheer |
| 13. | chocolate | dark brown color |
| 14. | cloaked | covered or hidden |
| 15. | clouded | made dark or unclear |
| 16. | cloudy | darkened by clouds |
| 17. | coal-black | black like coal |
| 18. | darkened | made less bright |
| 19. | darkness | absence of light |
| 20. | deep | intense or very dark in color |
| 21. | dim | not bright; low in light |
| 22. | dimly lit | lit with low light |
| 23. | dimming | becoming less bright |
| 24. | dull | not bright; lacking light |
| 25. | dusky | darkish, like at dusk |
| 26. | ebony | deep black |
| 27. | eclipsed | darkened by blocking light |
| 28. | eerie | strangely dark and unsettling |
| 29. | eggplant | very dark purple |
| 30. | enshrouded | wrapped in darkness or fog |
| 31. | enveloped | surrounded and covered |
| 32. | faint | barely visible; low light |
| 33. | faintly lit | lit only a little |
| 34. | foggy | filled with fog; low visibility |
| 35. | foreboding | suggesting something bad; dark |
| 36. | gloom | partial darkness; dimness |
| 37. | gloomy | dark and depressing |
| 38. | gray | darkish; lacking brightness |
| 39. | green-black | black with a green tone |
| 40. | grim | dark and harsh in mood |
| 41. | growing dim | becoming darker |
| 42. | gunmetal | dark gray metallic |
| 43. | half-lit | partly lit; partly dark |
| 44. | haunted | eerie, as if by ghosts |
| 45. | hazy | not clear; slightly dark |
| 46. | hidden | not visible; concealed |
| 47. | immersed | deeply surrounded by darkness |
| 48. | indigo | deep blue-purple |
| 49. | indistinct | not clearly seen |
| 50. | inky | as dark as ink |
| 51. | iron-gray | dark gray like iron |
| 52. | jet | deep black |
| 53. | lead-gray | dull dark gray |
| 54. | lightless | without any light |
| 55. | lights-out | with lights turned off |
| 56. | low-light | having little available light |
| 57. | low-lit | lit only a little |
| 58. | macabre | darkly gruesome |
| 59. | mahogany | reddish dark brown |
| 60. | maroon | dark red-brown |
| 61. | menacing | dark and threatening |
| 62. | midnight | very dark; like midnight |
| 63. | misty | hazy; hard to see |
| 64. | murk | darkness; gloom |
| 65. | murky | dark and unclear |
| 66. | navy | very dark blue |
| 67. | near-black | almost black |
| 68. | obscure | hard to see; not clear |
| 69. | occluded | blocked from view or light |
| 70. | off-black | almost black; not pure black |
| 71. | ominous | darkly threatening; ill-boding |
| 72. | oppressive | heavy and dark in feeling |
| 73. | overcast | darkened by cloud cover |
| 74. | oxblood | very dark red-brown |
| 75. | penumbra | partial shadow; dim area |
| 76. | pitch-black | completely without light |
| 77. | plum | dark purple color |
| 78. | poorly lit | not well illuminated |
| 79. | raven | glossy black |
| 80. | shade | area of reduced light |
| 81. | shaded | kept from direct light |
| 82. | shadow | dark area where light is blocked |
| 83. | shadowy | full of shadows; hard to see |
| 84. | shady | in shade; not bright |
| 85. | shrouded | covered in darkness or mist |
| 86. | smoky | hazy and darkened |
| 87. | somber | dark or dull in tone |
| 88. | sooty | blackened with soot |
| 89. | stygian | extremely dark and gloomy |
| 90. | sunless | without sunlight |
| 91. | tenebrous | dark; shadowy |
| 92. | twilit | like twilight; dim |
| 93. | umbra | darkest part of a shadow |
| 94. | uncanny | strangely unsettling; eerie |
| 95. | unclear | not easy to see |
| 96. | underlit | lit from below; shadowy |
| 97. | unilluminated | not lit up |
| 98. | unlit | not illuminated |
| 99. | veiled | partly hidden from sight |
| 100. | violet-black | black with violet tone |
