Black is the absence of light...?

Question

So what color would represent nothingness? White or black?

Answer 1

If there's nothing there, how can it have a color?

Answer 2

Nothingness is a profound concept and I think it would be amazingly represented by all white or all black with black being the strongest representation. And consider this: any color in the light is lighter in color than any color out of the light, no matter what color it is. So could not nothingness be any color out of the light?

Answer 3

Technically black is not the absence of light but the absorption of the entire visible light spectrum and white is the reflection of the entire visible light spectrum. So for either case something would need to be there to absorb or reflect the light. In nothingness there would be no black or white but who knows since nothingness can never exist. It's just easier on the mind to associate nothingness with black.

Answer 4

Black is the complete absence of light. It represents complete absorption and absolutely no reflection.Therefore, nothingness could be black, after a fact.

However, if you are going to _observe_ nothingness, you would need to use something to observe with, which would contribute to the nothingnessand therefore your nothingness won't quite be black anymore.

Answer 5

No color represents nothingness. nothingness is nothingness. you dont see nothingness. black is no color, not the absense of light. something looks black when it doesnt reflect any color of light from the visible spectrum of light (all colors are absorbed by it)...white is the opposite, it reflects every single color.(zero color absorbed)

Answer 6

I would certainly have to say that blackness would be more representative of nothingness; if there were a "something", then it would probably reflect at least a LITTLE light.

In art, another good representation of nothinginess is grey; it is neither black nor white - not in any way descriptive, and rather representative of indecisiveness and lack of direction, and amorphousness.

Answer 7

You may have heard that whilst wearing black clothes, you get hotter. This is because the black absorbs light from the sun instead of reflecting it (like white) so you do not see any colours when you look at your t-shirt you see no light reflected (you see things through reflected light) as no light is reflected, there is no colour. to help understand the eye thing white light hits an object, is split into the colours of the rainbow, some of these colours are reflected some are absorbed. the reflected ones are reflected into your eye and you see them.

Answer 8

Black is the color when all the colors of light is absorbed , thus , white represents the reflection of all colors of light.

Answer 9

Black, White being the sum of all colors.

Answer 10

By definition it would be black.

White is the presence of all colors combined.