Jack-o'-lanterns painted black with a white face on them have been pulled from sale after they sparked blackface comparisons.

Bed Bath & Beyond have reportedly pulled the controversial lanterns, which were only available online, from their website when they upset some members of a New York community.

Locals living in Nyack, where a law firm had decorated its front steps with them, reportedly complained that the artificial painted pumpkins evoked black face.

Jack-o'-lanterns painted black with a white face on them have been pulled from sale after they sparked blackface comparisons.Locals living in the village of Nyack reportedly complaine dafter a law firm decorated its front steps with them

They have since been removed from porch of Feerick, Nugent, MacCartney Law Offices on South Broadway, less than 48 hours after they were assembled due to complaints, according to local media.

Wilbur Aldridge, regional director for the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) Westchester, said the lanterns sold at the home retailer superstore show an 'extreme lack of insensitivity,' according to local outlet News 12.

Aldridge added: 'It wasn't about the pumpkin itself, but what was done to the pumpkin.

'When you proceed to put the white eyes and the white mouth, now you have crossed the line because it then goes into having blackface.'

Home retailer superstore pulled the sale of black jack-o'-lanterns from its website following a complaint (stock image)

Partners at the law firm said they had never intended to cause offense. 'We understand that someone complained about them and so once we got word of that we immediately took them down,' said partner Mary Marzolla, according to the outlet.

'We represent people of all colors and faiths, and we would never do anything to exclude anyone from any community.'

The decision to pull the pumpkins from sale was met with incredulity by some on Twitter.

'Seriously?! Offended by #blackface on a pumpkin? C'mon, #Snowflakes,' one person said.

Another tweeted: 'This can't be real. I refuse to believe it. What is the problem? Really, Where is the wrong in this? Its a goddamn pumpkin!'

MailOnline has contacted Bed Bath & Beyond for comment.