Blackening and Blackness

See also darkness.

denigration

literally, blackening; commonly, the sullying or defaming of a person, organization, or institution. —denigrator, n.

melanism

a darkening caused by an unusually high amount of pigmentation in the skin, hair, and eyes.

melanosis

abnormal production and presence of melanin, a black pigment, in the body tissues. —melanotic, adj.

melanosity

darkness or blackness of eyes, hair, or complexion.

nigrescence

the process of becoming black; blackness, as of the skin. —nigrescent, adj.

nigritude

the condition of being black; blackness.

phaeism

an intermediate darkening of the skin, hair, and eyes, of insufficient degree to be called melanism.