Black
Black noun - Total absence of light.
Usage example: in the black of night
Total darkness is a synonym for black. In some cases you can use "Total darkness" instead a noun "Black".
Total darkness
Total darkness noun - Total absence of light.
Usage example: they fumbled around in total darkness
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The player starts in near-total darkness (the only prominent colors against the black are blue and green), treated to what appears to be the birth of a galaxy.
Source: Amazing Technicolor Battlefield - Low-light vision is the ability to see better than normal in low levels of light, while darkvision allows creatures to see in total darkness, but only in black and white and for limited distances.
Source: Innate Night Vision -
Blood and Black Lace: The first victim is attacked by the killer out of total darkness. 84.
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Total darkness or Black. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/black/total_darkness.
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