Meanings of paint black in English

Moreover, they make their gods black and their devils white, and the images of their saints they do paint black all over.

Whitehead has published eight books to wide praise and throughout has been careful to paint black characters as more than unsophisticated farce or cut-and-paste platitudes.

The racist 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, widely touted as the first blockbuster, attempted to paint black people as aggressive, disorganised and untrustworthy.

The inside should be painted black to prevent cross reflection of light.

It was a frosty night, and he was naked and painted black.

It was an old box, painted black, and thickly studded with nails.

He was a young Huron brave, his face painted black and yellow.

Digging into this, he presently uncovered a heavy tin box, painted black.

Why is the interior of a telescope or microscope often painted black?

Even painted black it is highly visible and takes up pavement space.

Evey Dyer raises two fingers to the lens, her nails painted black.

It was so dark that the glass might have been painted black.

They were generally naked and painted red; the cacique alone was painted black.

At present he is in mourning; his face is painted black.

The Austrian were painted black, so as to prevent any danger of error.

All were painted black; a few had face and chest striped with yellow.