). Charcoal is a color that is a representation of the dark gray color of burned wood. The first recorded use of charcoal as a color name in English was in 1606. Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Charcoal (color sample #187) .olors often considered shades of black include onyx, black olive, charcoal, and jet; these colors and other variations of black are shown below.
The short ton is a unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18474 kg), that is most commonly used in the United States where it is known simply as the ton.
The short (net) ton equals to 2000 pounds and used in north america, the long ton (also known as weight ton or gross ton) is used in imperial system and defined as 2240 pounds or 1016 kilograms and finally the metric ton (also known as tonne) equals to 1000 kilograms and used in metric system. The abbreviation is T.