Down past the shoulders flooded a mass of blue-black hair.
Her hair under her peaked, white hood glistened blue-black like a river in the snow.
She had raised the shade, and the stars were splendid in the blue-black sky.
The street had the blue-black look of a New York street at night.
There was a blue-black bank of cloud rolling up from the southwest.
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If the stimulus is "monochromatic," light scattering has the greatest effect on theblue-blackor inverse black-blue stimuli retinal images.
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Many configurations and colour/fabric combinations were compared to a simplified,blue-blacktriangular trap to identify features of design and materials that result in equitable catches.
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The cones are ovoid, berry-like, 9 16 long and 7 13 diameter,blue-black, and contain a single seed; they are mature in about 18 months.
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It is nearly always dyed red, or with indigo to ablue-blacktinge.
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Dorsum marked withblue-blackto reddish-brown blotches which may appear as crossbars.
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Solutions of sodium tellurite are used for black orblue-blackcoatings on iron, steel, aluminum, and copper.
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The animals' upper parts are purplish-gray toblue-black, while the under parts and areas around the eyes and ears can be brownish-pink.
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The initial appearance of purpura fulminans lesions is of well-demarcated erythematous lesions which progress rapidly to develop irregular central areas ofblue-blackhaemorrhagic necrosis.
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A universal pattern comprising scarlet mess jackets andblue-blacktrousers has replaced the various regimental and corps mess dress uniforms previously worn.
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Her original swimsuit outfit was restored, although the color combination of red and blue was changed to dark red andblue-black.
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It has a streamlined body marked with a brilliant orange longitudinal band and a series of verticalblue-blackbars on the flanks.
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The slide assembly will have either ablue-blackapplied finish or it will be finished with a nickel/stainless look.
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The grape forms compact, cylindrical bunches of spherical, deepblue-blackfruit with a colourless pulp.
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Non-fading black is ablue-blackshade that does not fade in the sun.
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The throat and breast are red with a darkblue-blackband on the upper breast.
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