Or is it just variations of dark colours such as brown, reds etc?
2007-02-01 09:53:36 · 12 answers · asked by David R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Scientifically, black is the absence of all colors. I feel that any matter on earth would reflect some light in some amount. However, the absence of matter (space) is actually black.
2007-02-05 01:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Raider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest you can get to black is when you take a guided tour of a deep cavern and the tour-guide turns the lights off. It is a strangely disturbing experience because we normally have some light around us even at night.
How can you produce a pure black? By mixing the following printers inks:- magenta, cyan, and yellow(in equal quantities) Why? Because these inks will completely absorb all light and reflect none.
As someone has already stated, black is the absence of light.
2007-02-01 19:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by lester_day 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Black is not a colour. It is the complete lack of colour. White is not a colour either, nor is grey In nature, if you have a colour which becomes so, so, so dark that it becomes black. Crow wings are jet-black, onyx is black, coal and charcoal are black, the night can be as dark as black. Evil is said to be black. When all is black you then can't see it.
2007-02-02 16:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black is not a colour. It is the absence of light.
Ditto for grey; not a colour but technically anf semantically a shade.
2007-02-02 09:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black is not a color, strictly speaking. It is the absence of all color. When people speak of opposites, it is usually in terms of black and white. Black, and its opposite white, represent polarities. Black absorbs all aspects of light. While white reveals, black conceals. It has come to mean hidden, fearful or bad experience. It is linked to the unknown or the unseen.
2007-02-01 18:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by Nicholas W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the pure colour black can come from octopus or squid ink, they use it to dye some pasta a black colour
2007-02-01 18:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black, by definition, is the complete absence of any color from the color spectrum. So anywhere there is zero light, one has pure black.
2007-02-01 18:02:27 · answer #7 · answered by disposable_hero_too 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The under-side of a mushroom is black.
2007-02-01 18:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by Ustadji 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soot is completely black
2007-02-01 17:56:56 · answer #9 · answered by Birdman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black is `Shade`.
2007-02-03 12:18:21 · answer #10 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋