AL-star rollerball pen with matt black anodised aluminium barrel and cap, with translucent grey triangular grip area. Strong metal wire pocket clip. Liquid ink roller refill, medium black. There are few - if any - pens that are quite as black as this. The barrel is black, the cap is black, it's all black. If it were any blacker it would start to pull everything else in the surrounding area towards it. If you find it to be a little too black, maybe you could use a nice colourful ink? It won't change the way the pen looks one iota, but you'll feel more colourful, and that's kind of the point.