Is black really just a shade of white?

Answer 1

I think this is a really good question. Maybe we can answer it using some calculus techniques. Let's start with white, is it a shade of white? Of course it is.

Now lets move to a light grey. Is it a shade of white? --- this is the key question. If you believe that it is a shade of white, then you should believe that any grey is a shade of white.

Then make your grey darker and darker. You should still consider them a shade of white. I postulate that you can continue making your grey darker and darker and still call it a shade of white. This way you can get as close to black as you want. In calculus this kind of proof is often used - if a series can get as close to a number as you may want it to be, then the series is said to converge to the number, and there is no real difference between the series convergence point and the number itself.

Similarly here, if you can get as close to black as you want, while being a shade of white, then black itself must be a shade of white. Of course, this is true only if you consider grey to be a shade of white... as I asked at the beginning.

Answer 2

Black as the absence of all light can not truly exist except as a black hole where light goes in and nothing comes out.

In painting it is often a shade of extremely dark blue.

Here is an experiment. Take a sheet of white paper and shine a light on it. Then use a quarter to make a shadow. Ask what color is the shaded area, white or black. Then turn off the light so the whole page is without the extra light shining on it. Then ask if that same spot is white or black.

Answer 3

Black and white are shades of grey and opposites sides of the spectrum.

Answer 4

Well it all depends on what our talking about:

If your talking about light (where the primary colors are red, yellow and green i believe): the combination of those colors are white, while black is the abcense of color.

If your talking about things such as crayons or pain (primary colorse are red, yellow and blue): the combination of those colors are brown and the absense of color is white.



I think it's better to look at it as space.... space is black and it doesn't have any color. Black holes don't have any color, and they are black (they actually turn visual waves into gama rays)

So to answer your question, no. Black is not a shade of white becuase black and white are the two complete opposites, no matter how u loook at them.

Answer 5

I think black is a shade of everything.

Answer 6

no, I don't think that black is another shade of white, I believe this because black is darker than white so it is a different shade.White is bright black is beautiful. And that is how I settle it.( Not saying that white is not beautiful)

Answer 7

both black and white are shades. white refuses all colors until they disappear, while black embraces them all until they disappear.

Answer 8

No, it's not. White light appears when all colors in the spectrum are absorbed. Black light appears when all colors in the spectrum are reflected.
Therefore, there is an immense difference.

Answer 9

White doesn't have a shade, or it wouldn't be white. I've never seen a white shadow.

Answer 10

Black is the absence of light.