black as pitch vs dusky

black as pitch

dusky

noun
  • A dusky dolphin. 

  • A dusky grouse. 

  • A dusky shark. 

adj
  • Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration. 

  • Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening). 

  • Having a shade of color that is rather dark. 

How often have the words black as pitch and dusky occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )