A glass-ceramic comprising: a. crystalline phases comprising β-spodumene ss and i. crystalline phases comprising pseudobrookite or vanadium or ii. vanadium containing compounds and, optionally, any one of tin or tin containing compounds, sulfur or sulfur containing compounds, and any two or more of the preceding; b. an opaque material having coordinates in the CIELAB color space, determined from specular reflectance measurements using a spectrophotometer with specular reflectance included of the following ranges: i. L ∗ = from 20 to 45; ii. a ∗ = from -2 to +2; and iii. b ∗ = from -12 to +1; and wherein the black or colored or gray colored and opaque glass-ceramic is made from a colorable and ceramable glass composition, the glass composition comprising in percent by weight (wt%) on an oxide basis from 95 to 99.7 of a base composition and the balance one or more colorants, and the following calculated composition in percent by weight (wt%) on an oxide basis: SiO 2: 53.5 to 70; Al 2 O 3: 16.9 to 24.5; B 2 O 3: 0 to 2; Li 2 O: 3.3 to 4.5; Na 2 O: 0.3 to 0.5; TiO 2: 2.5 to 6.2; MgO: 1.5 to 3; ZnO: 0 to 2.2; P 2 O5: 0 to 7.7; SnO 2: 0 to 1; Fe 2 O 3: 0.3 to 2.5; one or more oxides of one or more additional transition metals: more than 0 to 3.5; and one or more oxides of one or more multivalent metals: 0. a. crystalline phases comprising β-spodumene ss and i. crystalline phases comprising pseudobrookite or vanadium or ii. vanadium containing compounds and, optionally, any one of tin or tin containing compounds, sulfur or sulfur containing compounds, and any two or more of the preceding; i. crystalline phases comprising pseudobrookite or vanadium or ii. vanadium containing compounds and, optionally, any one of tin or tin containing compounds, sulfur or sulfur containing compounds, and any two or more of the preceding; b. an opaque material having coordinates in the CIELAB color space, determined from specular reflectance measurements using a spectrophotometer with specular reflectance included of the following ranges: i. L ∗ = from 20 to 45; ii. a ∗ = from -2 to +2; and iii. b ∗ = from -12 to +1; and wherein the black or colored or gray colored and opaque glass-ceramic is made from a colorable and ceramable glass composition, the glass composition comprising in percent by weight (wt%) on an oxide basis from 95 to 99.7 of a base composition and the balance one or more colorants, and the following calculated composition in percent by weight (wt%) on an oxide basis: SiO 2: 53.5 to 70; Al 2 O 3: 16.9 to 24.5; B 2 O 3: 0 to 2; Li 2 O: 3.3 to 4.5; Na 2 O: 0.3 to 0.5; TiO 2: 2.5 to 6.2; MgO: 1.5 to 3; ZnO: 0 to 2.2; P 2 O5: 0 to 7.7; SnO 2: 0 to 1; Fe 2 O 3: 0.3 to 2.5; one or more oxides of one or more additional transition metals: more than 0 to 3.5; and one or more oxides of one or more multivalent metals: 0. i. L ∗ = from 20 to 45; ii. a ∗ = from -2 to +2; and iii. b ∗ = from -12 to +1; and wherein the black or colored or gray colored and opaque glass-ceramic is made from a colorable and ceramable glass composition, the glass composition comprising in percent by weight (wt%) on an oxide basis from 95 to 99.7 of a base composition and the balance one or more colorants, and the following calculated composition in percent by weight (wt%) on an oxide basis: SiO 2: 53.5 to 70; Al 2 O 3: 16.9 to 24.5; B 2 O 3: 0 to 2; Li 2 O: 3.3 to 4.5; Na 2 O: 0.3 to 0.5; TiO 2: 2.5 to 6.2; MgO: 1.5 to 3; ZnO: 0 to 2.2; P 2 O5: 0 to 7.7; SnO 2: 0 to 1; Fe 2 O 3: 0.3 to 2.5; SiO 2: 53.5 to 70; Al 2 O 3: 16.9 to 24.5; B 2 O 3: 0 to 2; Li 2 O: 3.3 to 4.5; Na 2 O: 0.3 to 0.5; TiO 2: 2.5 to 6.2; MgO: 1.5 to 3; ZnO: 0 to 2.2; P 2 O5: 0 to 7.7; SnO 2: 0 to 1; Fe 2 O 3: 0.3 to 2.5; one or more oxides of one or more additional transition metals: more than 0 to 3.5; and one or more oxides of one or more multivalent metals: 0.