urban black (color)

English translation: Black

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English term or phrase:urban black (color)
Selected answer:Black
Entered by: Elvana Moore

14:37 Oct 22, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: urban black (color)
what color is it? with what shade?
I came across it in the advertising of available Nikon cameras, but cannot figure out as the color in the visual is silver. On Russian websites it is left in English
Dmitry Golovin
Local time: 11:44
Black
Explanation:
Urban black is definitly black (with a very, very slight hint of grey) which in the case of the camera is caused by the brushed and not polished look. The reason why "urban black" is left in English in the Russian web pages, is because it is the Name of the camera as well as the colour of the camera. The manifacturers insist that the names are left unchanged (not translated) because it distinguishes the types of equipment (camera, phone, car, etc) from each other, it gives them a name and it captures peoples' imagination.
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Elvana Moore
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Local time: 08:44
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4 +1just a commercial name
Alexander Demyanov
5Black
Elvana Moore


  

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just a commercial name


Explanation:
http://i-qju.com/proddetail.php?prod=NikonCOOLPIXS510UrbanBl...

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-10-22 14:47:01 GMT)
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Perhaps in your case the designers linked a wrong image with the ad.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

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agree  NancyLynn: it's a flat, carbon black.
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Black


Explanation:
Urban black is definitly black (with a very, very slight hint of grey) which in the case of the camera is caused by the brushed and not polished look. The reason why "urban black" is left in English in the Russian web pages, is because it is the Name of the camera as well as the colour of the camera. The manifacturers insist that the names are left unchanged (not translated) because it distinguishes the types of equipment (camera, phone, car, etc) from each other, it gives them a name and it captures peoples' imagination.
Hope this helps

Elvana Moore
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Local time: 08:44
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