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Color:
Graphite


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Colors with the same hue:
Metallic blue
Bright Blue
Glaucous
Roman silver
Bleu de France
Similar colors:
River Blue
Nocturne
Charred Black
Independence
Storm
Lead
Raven
Soot
Faded Black
Metallic blue
Starry Night
Zinc
Tungsten
Hematite
Jet
Abyss
Prussian blue
Coal
Dim gray
Roman silver
Mirage
Dolphin
Eerie Purple
Ink
Seal
Slate gray
Charcoal
Horizon Blue
Smoky
Deep Sea
Words evoked by this color:
draftsman,  graphite,  hexagonal,  staub,  wrought,  blacksmith,  andiron,  germanic,  iron,  farrier,  teutonic,  ferro,  ferrous,  ferromagnetic,  forge,  magnetism,  drawn,  sketchy,  carbonic,  sketched,  basalt,  basaltic,  rubbing,  scrawled,  foundry,  blackened,  soot,  blacked,  blacken,  blacker,  sooty,  stoutly,  black,  offstage,  unrecognized,  unrecognizable,  blackish,  relentless,  adamant,  hardest,  misanthropy,  arrogant,  scathing,  buried,  bogart,  backstory,  catacomb,  satirist,  outlived,  sketch
Literary analysis:
In literature, the term "graphite" has been employed not only to denote a drawing medium but also to evoke a distinctive, subtly cool hue that carries connotations of mystery and refined artistry. One writer, for instance, uses graphite in a lyrical flourish—suggesting that with merely a bit of this striking pigment, a hand might "artistically damn all men and things"—thereby attributing to it an almost transformative, damning power [1]. In another case, a character is metaphorically described as "a veritable human graphite," an image that imbues them with the smooth, dark, and enigmatic qualities one associates with the color, conveying both strength and inscrutability [2]. Through such vivid language, graphite is transformed from a simple pigment into a symbol of creative intensity and subtle, understated allure.
  1. With a bit of graphite a hand guided by the unerring insolence of elation may artistically damn all men and things.
    — from A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers
  2. Trust him—smooth as lubricating oil, a veritable human graphite—to turn the trick.
    — from Sundry Accounts by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb


Colors associated with the word:
Charcoal
Pewter
Gunmetal
Iron
Smoke
Flint
Onyx
Carbon
Lead
Stone
Shadow
Soot
Cinder
Obsidian
Words with similar colors:
caveat,  grey,  grit,  gray,  doubt,  substance,  shadow,  laconic,  delineate,  egress,  elephant,  pithy,  shade,  despondent,  fell,  adumbrate,  sophistry,  skeptical,  umbrage,  rendition
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