Black Rose – Eternal Photograph / Digital Painting “A Rose is still a rose by all its names and colors” Black roses do not exist in nature. They are often featured in fiction with many different meanings and titles such as black magic, barkarole, black beauty Tuscany superb, black Jade," and baccara. The flowers commonly called black roses are actually a very dark shade of red, purple, or maroon. The color of a rose may be deepened by placing a dark rose in a vase of water mixed with black ink. The black rose often symbolizes a lost love.