Black

Black is both a color and the shade of objects that do not reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum. more...

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Scientifically black is not a hue; a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them, and sometimes is described as an "achromatic color"; in practice black can be considered a color, eg the black cat or black paint.

Color or light in science

In physics, a black body is a perfect absorber of light, but by a rule derived by Einstein it is also, when heated, the best emitter. Thus, the best radiative cooling can be achieved using black paint, though it is important that it be a nearly perfect absorber in the infrared as well.

In elementary science Ultraviolet light is called "black light" because, unseen (per se), it causes many minerals and other substances to fluoresce. In simple terms black is not really a color. It is just the complete absence of light.

Color as perceived by humans

There is a color black which in practice is seen as another color, so both things in the natural world such as animals and things in the human world such as paint are described as black.

Usage, symbolism, colloquial expressions

Colloquially, black is sometimes used with a negative connotation. The reasons for this are various, but the most widely accepted explanations are that night is experienced by humans as negative and dangerous. A secondary reason is that stains are most visible as dark additions to pale materials. In traditional class-based Western cultures "pale" skin indicated genteel domestic or intellectual indoor-work as opposed to rough outdoor labor in the fields. Aspects of this black/white opposition are not unique to the West, as, for example in the Indian varna system and in Japanese Geisha makeup. African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American writers such as Frantz Fanon, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Ralph Ellison in particular identify a number of negative symbolisms surrounding the word "black", arguing that the good vs. bad dualism associated with white and black provide prejudiced connotations to color metaphors for race.

A "black day" (or week or month), in these cultures, would refer to a sad or tragic time. The Romans already marked fasti days with white stones and nefasti days with black.

E.g., Black Tuesday, stock market crash on October 29, 1929 which is the start of the Great Depression.; Black Thursday, stock market downturn on October 24, 1929; Black Monday, stock market crash on October 19, 1987.; the Black September in Jordan refers to a month in which thousands were killed.; Black July killing of the Tamil population by the Sinhalese government; Black Spring (Printemps noir) refers to the events of spring 2001 in the Berber region of Kabylia (Algeria), when the police shot and killed more than 100 people.; Black Wednesday caused Britain to pull out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.; Black Friday, various tragic events. Also the day after Thanksgiving, the official start to the US holiday shopping season, though in this latter case it may be construed as a positive thing.;

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