is Black a color or a void of color?

Answer 1

Black is the shade of objects that do not reflect light of any parts of the visible spectrum.

Strictly speaking, black is not a color; a black object absorbs all the colors visible spectrum and reflects none of them, and sometimes is described as an "achromatic color".

In physics, a black body is a perfect absorber of light, but by a rule derived by Einstein it is also, when heated, the best emitter. Thus, the best radiative cooling, out of sunlight, is by using black paint, though it is important that it be black (a nearly perfect absorber) in the infrared as well.

In elementary science Ultraviolet light is called "black light" because, unseen (per se), it causes many minerals and other substances to fluoresce.

In the Western world, black is most often used with a negative connotation. The reasons for this are various, but the most widely accepted explanations are that night is experienced by humans as negative and dangerous. A secondary reason is that stains are most visible as dark additions to pale materials. In traditional class-based Western cultures "pale" skin indicated genteel domestic or intellectual indoor-work as opposed to rough outdoor labor in the fields. Aspects of this black/white opposition are not unique to the West, as, for example in the Indian varna system. African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American writers such as Frantz Fanon, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Ralph Ellison in particular identify a number of negative symbolisms surrounding the word "black", arguing that the good vs. bad dualism associated with white and black provide prejudiced connotations to color metaphors for race.

Positive symbolism
In the Maasai tribes of Kenya and Tanzania, the color black is associated with rain clouds, becoming a symbol of life and prosperity.
Black was also the color of the Arab dynasty of Abbasid caliphs, and that's why black is frequently used in flags of Arab-Muslim countries
In Western fashion, black is considered reliably stylish. This seems to be for reasons of contrast with the light skin (conversely, white t-shirts or suits are often stylish among dark-skinned people.)
The colloquialism "the new black" is a reference to the latest trend or fad, on the basis that black is always fashionable

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I hope this helps with your question

Answer 2

Void Color

Answer 3

HERE'S THE DEAL.....


When it's sunlight, it looks white - but it's not, it's actually composed of all the colors in the visible spectrum.

But as far as the color BLACK, the color black is a composition of ALL COLORS - it is NOT an absence of color, since by definition an absence of color would be WHITE. Why is the outer space black? Because the stars of the universe give off every single color in the spectrum, and when these colors are thrown together and not filtered by an atmosphere they make the color BLACK.

Answer 4

The simple answer - if you are talking about light, then white light contains all the other colors. You can see this in a prism that splits light into a rainbow of all the other colors. Where light is concerned, white is all colors and black is the absence of color. However, if you are talking about things like paints or crayons, then it's the opposite. Try using all your crayon colors on top of each other, or mixing all different colored paints together, and you'll get black. In this case, black is all colors, and white is the absence of coloration.

Answer 5

I think a void of color.

Answer 6

It's a color.

Answer 7

It all depends on how you look at it . In painting /art , black is a combination of all colors . In science / spectrum , black is devoid of color .

Answer 8

Yes I guess it's a color. It should be in there with white and clear.

Answer 9

black is a color u wear clothes that r black there is a black crayon that u color with

Answer 10

That's a great question