Black

Jaden · **Posted:** January 17th, 2008, 10:08 pm

Is black a color? I would encourage you to include a reason why you think black is or isn't a color.

Adbot · **Posted:** January 17th, 2008, 10:08 pm

Steven · **Posted:** January 17th, 2008, 10:24 pm

Black is a color because

A. We see colors,
B. Back is a color that all colors mixed together make,
C. Black is the color of night, so it has to be,
and,
D. Black is the worst color of them all.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 12:44 am

Black is a color. Black Demons, would you call them colorless? Nope, because they are black. Therefore, black being a color is reinforced.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 2:08 am

Yes it is. I don't really see how i can explain any further than anyone else already has. It is, it's unquestionable.

I've heard the stuff about it not REALLY being a real colour but er, don't believe it.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 2:13 am

If something was going to be questioned, I think it would be 'clear'.

As I started typing this, I was going to type, "If any color should be questioned. . .", but I'm not sure 'clear' is a color. It's more of a description or a state of transparency.

Alex · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 7:41 am

I thought it was just a shade.

Take any colour and lower it's brightness to 0% you get the shade of black.

Adbot · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 7:41 am

Unbirthday · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 8:10 am

Alex wrote:

I thought it was just a shade.

Take any colour and lower it's brightness to 0% you get the shade of black.

A shade of what? A shade of any color. Therefore it would start as a color and end as one too.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 8:29 am

Well, what our eye sees and how our brain interprets the information are two separate things. What our eye really sees when we look at a black object is just dark grey since true black absorbs all light and does not reflect any back. True black is actually being researched and developed at some university in the US, but their current version still reflect some light. I guess we can conceive of true black in our minds, but our eye has yet to see it.

As for being a colour, I'd suppose so. We base colour on the spectrum of light and black is just at both ends.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 8:40 am

Mushroom Queen wrote:

Well, what our eye sees and how our brain interprets the information are two separate things. What our eye really sees when we look at a black object is just dark grey since true black absorbs all light and does not reflect any back. True black is actually being researched and developed at some university in the US, but their current version still reflect some light. I guess we can conceive of true black in our minds, but our eye has yet to see it.

As for being a colour, I'd suppose so. We base colour on the spectrum of light and black is just at both ends.

So basically, black aka true black is a color of course, but it's something we can't see?

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 8:50 am

Zac Glenn wrote:

Mushroom Queen wrote:

Well, what our eye sees and how our brain interprets the information are two separate things. What our eye really sees when we look at a black object is just dark grey since true black absorbs all light and does not reflect any back. True black is actually being researched and developed at some university in the US, but their current version still reflect some light. I guess we can conceive of true black in our minds, but our eye has yet to see it.

As for being a colour, I'd suppose so. We base colour on the spectrum of light and black is just at both ends.

So basically, black aka true black is a color of course, but it's something we can't see?

Well, people define the word "colour" differently. In art, and just when normally talking, we use the word "black" instead of saying "really dark grey". So, in informal terms black exists as a colour.

Real black is really just a theory. And when I say "just a theory", I'm not saying it in a dismissive tone. It does exist, but we can really only imagine it. Some people say that since we can't see true black, black isn't a colour. It's all semantics. It's.. "in the eye of the beholder".

*tackled by the masses for making crappy pun*

MattVortex · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 8:55 am

In terms of dyes, painting, and the CYMK colour palette - yes, black is a colour.

In terms of light, the way the eyes work, and the RGB colour palette - no, black is not a colour. It is an absence of colour.

Red Spear1 · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 9:46 am

I would say it is a colour. Everything we see is only there due to colour, we see black, black is a colour.

- Tom - · 25/11/2006

Steven wrote:

Black is a color because

B. Back is a color that all colors mixed together make,

D. Black is the worst color of them all.

b. thats brown.
d. i like black.

and black is an absence of colour, not one itself. (as matt said)

Rapidash · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 1:37 pm

So "real black" is the absolute zero of colors?

MattVortex · **Posted:** January 18th, 2008, 2:06 pm

Rapidash wrote:

So "real black" is the absolute zero of colors?

In terms of how our eyes see colours and light and stuff, yeah.