Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability of an individual to assess, recognize, understand their own and others ’emotions as well as to regulate and use them in further thinking and behavior (Mayer and Salovey, 1997). Research shows that high emotional intelligence positively correlates with manipulative behavior. Emotional manipulation is the management of the behavior of others and their emotions and the way they express emotions. In order for manipulation to be successful a person must possess social skills as well as the ability to understand the feelings and predict the reactions of individuals to certain emotional stimuli in the environment. Dark features are a construct that has one of the main characteristics of manipulation. The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between the personality traits of the dark triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy), emotional intelligence and emotional manipulation. Since narcissism was considered the “brightest” trait of the Dark Triad, previous research has shown consistent results on the positive association of emotional intelligence and emotional manipulation with this trait, it has been singled out as a moderator of the relationship between emotional intelligence and emotional manipulation. The research was conducted online. The sample consisted of 219 women and 114 men, ranging in age from 18 to 60 years (M = 31.20; SD = 10.62). Participants completed the Socio-Demographic Questionnaire (gender, age and level of education completed), the Emotional Competence Questionnaire (UEK-45; Takšić, 2002), the Modified Emotional Manipulation Scale (EMS; Austin et al., 2007) and the Dark Triad Short Questionnaire ( Short Dark Triad, Jones and Paulhus, 2014, Croatian translation - Wertag, Vrselja and Tomić, 2011). The results showed that there is a significant positive association between emotional intelligence and the dark triad, as well as emotional manipulation and the dark triad. As expected, a positive association was found between emotional intelligence and emotional manipulation, but the influence of narcissism on this relationship was not established.