is black a colour?

Question

i need a scientific explanation. easy to understand please. =)

Answer 1

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

Scientifically black is not a hue (color); a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them, this is sometimes confused with black being called 'a mixture of all colors' but that is not the case. Sometimes black is described as an "achromatic color"; in practice black can be considered a color, e.g., the black cat or black paint.

Answer 2

It's not a shade. Shades are different intensities of colours that can vary, and you can't have pale black or dark white. (Not truly - there are variations depending on local conditions. Look at a newish white car. It's the same paint all over, but it will look different in places depending on the fall of light on it.) Whether black is a colour or not is debatable and depends on where you are coming from. In scientific terms, black and white are not colours. White is a mix of all colours and black is the absence of all colours in terms of light mixing. Colours in this context are different wavelengths of light that stimulate our eyes in different ways. On the other hand, if you are coming from the direction of paintpots, then black and white are colours. Here, colours are the different things you splodge on a surface, and you don't have colourless paint. (That's varnish...) Basically, the issue comes down to being a scientist or an ordinary person. The scientific terms are correct in scientific contexts. The ordinary terms are correct in ordinary contexts. Neither are absolutely correct or wrong in the way that a dollar bill must be either real or fake with no halfway stage.

Answer 3

Black means absence of color.A black body absorbs all the radiations that fall on it. A black body does not reflect any color

If white light falls on black body, the body appears black.

If red light falls on black body, the body appears black

If green light falls on black body, the body appears black

Black is not a color,black is absence of any color

Answer 4

Black is the absence of color, when referring to physics, because light is not there, you cannot see any color. Think of a prism and light passing through it, it makes a rainbow. If you look directly at a source of light, it looks white.

Answer 5

Black is not a color. It absorb all visible light thus, you see nothing but black. It is bad to wear black in summer because it absorbs heat.. you can say black is a color for common sense

Answer 6

When you see "black" you are looking at the absence of all colors.
So speaking technically black is not a color.

Answer 7

black is a color when you're talking about pigments (like paint), but if you're talking about light (as in the rainbow or sunshine) then black is the absence of light visible to our (human) eyes (for example insects can see UV light, while people do not).

Answer 8

black scientifically is no color and all of the colors. when one say "absence of color" they can mean black. if one says the opposite, they can mean black also.

Answer 9

Black is the abscence of color. However, our brain interprets it as a color in order for us to explain the lack of wavelength of light.

Answer 10

I learned in school -

Black is the absence of all color.