Modifies a noun

• blackness: No, there were more: torches burning down in the bottom where the inky blackness once more changed into pallid twilight.

• darkness: Richard Harper leaned forward, further over the steering wheel, trying to peer through the inky darkness that was fogging his view.

• finger: Schooldays: School milk, cod liver oil, inky fingers.

• black: The sky was inky black, the darkest sky I have ever seen.

• blue: Favorite Color Far too many gorgeous colors to choose from, perhaps a bright orangey-red or an inky navy blue.

• night: Looking forward to seeing the creeping blue hordes sweeping our resident bulls forever into the inky frozen night.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: Again I noticed how dark the water is in the deeper lochs, almost inky black and seemingly impenetrable.

Preposition: in

• color: This old vineyard produced a premium wine that's inky in color with a super-rich mid-palate.