Jet black

Posted by Bob January 01, 2006In reply to Jet black posted by joe cushman on January 01, 2006

"where did the color jet black originate from"

From dictionary.com:
adj.
Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.
Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman geet, from Latin gagts, from Greek, after Gagas, a town of Lycia.]adj.
Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.
Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman geet, from Latin gagts, from Greek, after Gagas, a town of Lycia.]