inky

Smerilli performed most of the instruments himself, including the inky depths of a contrabass clarinet, which he purchased and learned just for this score.

Nine years ago, when an aging oil pipeline ruptured near the coast of Santa Barbara County, an inky darkness spread over the waters.

Against a dark, inky background, two figures embrace.

Rubberneckers flocked to the water’s edge with binoculars, trying to count the ships that stretched to the inky horizon.

Water looks crystalline; colors are bright and vivid, while blacks are deep and inky.