Charcoal | Definition, Properties, Uses, & Facts | Britannica

Charcoal Vs Dark Heather - Picking Your Shade

Charcoal | Definition, Properties, Uses, & Facts | Britannica

By  Alfonso Hoeger

When you're picking out something new, whether it's for your wardrobe, your home, or even a creative project, colors and textures play a huge part, you know? Sometimes, what seems like a simple choice between two dark shades can actually open up a whole conversation about what they really are and what they bring to the table. We're talking about two very popular, yet distinct, options that often get mentioned in the same breath: charcoal and dark heather.

Charcoal, in its most basic form, is that deep, almost inky black material that comes from heating wood or other natural stuff with hardly any air around, actually. It’s a very old material, used by people for thousands of years for all sorts of things, like keeping warm or even making beautiful drawings. It's a rather simple thing, just a light black carbon residue, which is sort of an impure kind of graphitic carbon, left over when something with carbon in it gets partly burned or warmed up with just a little bit of air.

Dark heather, on the other hand, usually brings to mind a certain look in fabrics, doesn't it? It's not a raw material in the same way charcoal is; instead, it describes a color effect, a sort of blended, speckled grey-black that gives clothing or other textiles a bit more visual interest than a flat, solid color. It’s a very popular choice for comfy t-shirts, hoodies, and active wear, basically because it looks good and often hides minor imperfections, which is that nice thing about it.

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Charcoal | Definition, Properties, Uses, & Facts | Britannica
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