The players in football and baseball usually wear the black line of paint under their eyes and I was wondering what the exact name for the paint was called? I thought it was charcoal but nothing came up so I have no idea what it isThe players in football and baseball usually wear the black line of paint under their eyes and I was wondering what the exact name for the paint was called? I thought it was charcoal but nothing came up so I have no idea what it is

its called eye black, originally it was burnt cork.