Black
In light, black is the absence of all color. It is a shade. In painting, however, the black pigment is the combination of all colors. In heraldry, black is called "sable". It is the opposite of white.
Black in science
In science, an object that is black absorbs the light that hits it. Because these objects do not reflect any light, the human eye can't see any color coming from that object. The brain then sees these objects as black.
A way to create black objects is to mix pigments. A pigment works by reflecting only the color of the pigment. For example, a blue pigment absorbs all colors except blue. By mixing pigments in the right quantities, black can be made.
In sunlight, black objects become warm more quickly than other colored objects because they absorb more light.
Meaning of black
Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, safety, birth, male, evil and mystery. Black is a dark color, the darkest color there is[source?]. Black, along with gray and white, is a neutral color. This means that it is not a hot color or a cool color.
Black is a color seen with fear and the unknown (black holes). It can have a bad meaning (blackbird, black bunny) or a good meaning ('in the black', 'black is beautiful'). Black can stand for strength and power. It can be a formal, elegant, and high-class color (black tie, black Mercedes).
Black Media
Megaloceros cave art at Lascaux
Statue of Anubis, guardian of the underworld, from the tomb of Tutankhamun
Greek black-figure pottery. Ajax and Achilles playing a game, about 540–530 BC. Vatican Museums
Black cats have been accused for centuries of being the familiar spirits of witches or of bringing bad luck.
American Pilgrims in New England going to church, George Henry Boughton, 1867
Wheat Field with Crows (1890), one of Vincent van Gogh's last paintings
Vantablack was the blackest substance known until 2019.
Japanese men traditionally wear a black kimono with some white decoration on their wedding day
Hussar from Husaren-Regiment Nr.5 (von Ruesch) in 1744 with the Totenkopf on the mirliton (ger. Flügelmütze).
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