Color Names

Soot

Carbon dust from a fire that didn't quite burn clean.

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Soot is a neutral grey.

It can be described as neutral, medium, colorless and almost grey.

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Soot

Soot

Soot is a mass of impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. Soot is considered a hazardous substance with carcinogenic properties. Most broadly, the term includes all the particulate matter produced by this process, including black carbon and residual pyrolysed fuel particles such as coal, cenospheres, charred wood, and petroleum coke classified as cokes or char. It can include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals like mercury.

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soot

Noun

  1. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

Verb

  1. To cover or dress with soot.
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