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What is the difference between Black and Off-Black?

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Olive landon

Olive landon

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Olive landon
Olive landon, Health science specialist, Master of Health Science (MHS), Logdon, Utah

Answered Oct 26, 2020

Black and off black are both colors; they are both shades of the color black. Black and off black both refer to the intensity of black. The intensity of a color can be decreased by adding white to it, and it can also be increased by adding black to it.

Black is most referred to as jet black. Black is associated with religion, culture, history references; in some places, black is regarded as the color for bad luck, which is used for mourning and also for evil things. Examples of black include ebony, charcoal black, etc.

On the other hand, off black refers to black, which has less intensity and looks more like a dark grey. Off black is part of a neutral color scheme. Off black has started becoming popular in the aspect of interior design, hair, and also clothing. Examples of off black include onyx, black olive, and charcoal.

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L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes

L. Hawkes
L. Hawkes, Teacher, Memphis

Answered Oct 07, 2020

There are a lot of people who would like to make sure that they would get the right colors whenever they would do some artwork. It can be confusing to know when there are different color shades that are available. Most colors that resemble black would be called “black.”

When you say “jet black,” though, this means that you would get something that is blacker than black. Jet black would refer to one of the blackest black shades that you will see. Off black, on the other hand would be somewhat similar to dark gray. Take note that black may normally absorb all of the colors of the spectrum.

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Barry Mclean

Barry Mclean

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Barry Mclean, Sales Manager, MBA, Ewa

Answered May 01, 2020

One of the shades of the color black that can be gotten is off-black. One of the major differences between black and off-black is their look. When people are talking about color back, they are actually referring to the real black color which has not been altered in terms of intensity. The term intensity means the addition of either black or white color to another color.

If you want to get off-black from the real black, you will need to add a white color to the point where you get a dark gray kind of color. In other words, off-black is gotten by reducing the intensity of the real black color by adding white to it.

However, you might end up getting different kinds of off-black color since there is no exact formula that specifies the exact amount of white color that should be added before off-black can be gotten. What most companies do most times is that they keep adding the white color until they get their desired color.

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