Is black a color?

Question

My brother says black isn't a color(scientificly)

Answer 1

In light mixing, black is the absence of color while white is an even mix of all colors.
In pigment mixing (paint, chemicals), black is the mix of all colors that absorbs all colors of light and white is a single pigment that reflects all colors.
Discussing whether black and white are colors is like whether the whole is one of its parts: like "are people female?"

Answer 2

Perhaps the answer depends on whether you ask a chemist or biologist/psychologist (or an artist).

There's no such thing as light that is colored black, and technically the color black is produced when you don't see any colored light coming off of a substance.

However, biologically our brains certainly process black as if it is a color. Even if you ask a chemist what color a sample of silver oxide is, he or she will tell you it is black (not colorless). So you be the judge! How would you define color? As an experience that we process in our brain, or as an absence of light in the visible spectrum?

Answer 3

No; its not a color; its the lack of color