Is Black an actuall color?
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Yes.  Black is the condition of no visible light reaching the eyes.  However, because 'colour' is an arbitrary way that humans identify the sensation of electromagnetic waves, the fact that 'black' can be sensed makes it a colour.  However, black can either be the absence of all light or the combination of many other colours.
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No,  Red is the natural color
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Technically, black is the absence of color. We only see certain colors because those colors are reflected (i.e. they aren't absorbed). We see black because the substance absorbs all color wavelengths, and hence no colors are reflected back.\n\nCombining a large number of colors will yield a black "color". Try Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
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I like what people are saying about our perception of something being "colored" is based purely on the light reflected and absorbed by the object.  Something black absorbs all light (thus is colorless) which is why black clothing in the summer is a bad idea.  White colored things reflect all light which is why wearing white in summer is a good idea.  If there is NO light present than everything will be black.  If there is light present but at a frequency other than white (say red) everything will either be black and some will be red.  Does that mean that the world is composed of black and red things?  Of course not.  A great example of this is seen when one SCUBA dives.  In the water as you go deeper the colors of the spectrum begin to fade out as they cannot penetrate the water.  (I seem to remember that it starts at the red side, but I may be mistaken.)  Anyway, at 130 feet, say, if you were to look around everything would seem extremely dull, dark and colorless.  Does that mean that the fish and structure at 130 feet have no color?  NO!  Simply take a flashlight down and turn it on to reveal the vibrant colors of the deep.  It's not that there is no color, it's that the (sun)LIGHT can't reach it.
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Black is simply the absence of light. The areas on screen have  practically no light projected to them.\n\nA brighter room can affect this somewhat giving you more of a gray but with a good screen, the ambient light is not reflected to your eyes.
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Light fades into darkness.White is the amalgamation of all colour,black is the elimination of all light.neither is a colour.
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In most Western countries black is the color of mourning.   Considered the negation of color, black is conservative, goes well with almost any color except the very dark. It also has conflicting connotations. It can be serious and conventional. The color black can also be mysterious, sexy, and sophisticated.\n\nYellow, on the one hand it denotes happiness and joy but on the other hand it is the color of cowardice and deceit.  For years yellow ribbons were worn as a sign of hope as women waited from their men to come marching home from war. Today, they are still used to welcome home loved ones. Its use for hazard signs creates an association between yellow and danger.
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All things are appear black if they are not lit.  Our eye sees black where there is an absence of light.\n\nRegarding sunlight specifically.  Look at flowers or plants in your home at night.  They don't appear black in artificial light do they?\n\nThe substance that most plants use to absorb light is called chlorophyll.  It happens to be green.  However there are lots of other things in plants that have other colours.  In the leaves they tend to be masked by the predominance of chlorophyll.\n\nAs a plant starts to die,it looses its chlorophyll and the other colours become more visible.  That is why fall leaves have different colours for different plants.\n\nAs a side note, the colour you see on an object is actually the light that is not reflected from a surface.  So something that we see as green has actually absorbed most of the red light reflecting, to your eye, only green.
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The answer has to be no.  The reason is simple.  What you see as red is what you are told is red.   We only see wave lengths of electromagnetic radiation.  What you perceive as color is only differences in wave length.  What ever your brain has as it's holographic chemical imprint for a certain perceived wavelength is only related to what the reference you are taught as a child.  You only perceive the differences.....  Actually color is subjective.  So is everything else for that matter...
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I aways assumed black was the best colour.
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Black Colour can be defined as the visual impression experienced in directions from which no VISIBLE LIGHT reaches the eye
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It looks black.  When something absorbs all wavelengths of light t appears black.
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there is no 'color' they are black. If u look through a telescope you will see the 'white' stars and then this giant lack of space (the black hole) and then back to stars
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see white is a natural color all colors come from it and black is darkness .blind people can just make images by touching them,there structures so they just color there world with black and white.
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Its a high frequency low wavelength light.can you see UV? no right? so it appears black.. also its monochomatic that you dont see the tinge of other light or colour...
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When dealing with light, black is the absence of light.\n\nWhen dealing with pigments, black might be considered a color...
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You already have your answer other than black is beautiful. And you know what they say 'Once you go black you never go back'. Now you know