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Black

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This box shaws the colour black.

Blackis thecolourocoal,ebony,an the nicht sky. It is the gey daurkest colour, the result o the absence o or complete absorption o licht. It is the opposite owhite.[1]

In Europe an the Unitit States, it is the colour maist commonly associate wi mourning, the end, secrets, magic, pouer, violence, evil, an elegance.[2]

  1. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.5th Edition (2002): "Opposite to white: colourless from the absence or complete absorption of light. Also, so near this as to have no distinguishable colour, very dark." See alsoWebster's New World Dictionary of the American Language(1964): "The darkest color."Le Petit Larousse Illustré,(1997) "Se dit de la couleur la plus foncée, due à l'absence ou à l'absorption totale des rayons lumineux." ( "Said of the very darkest colour, due to the absence or complete absorption of all rays of light." )
  2. Eva Heller (2000),Psychologie de la couleur - effets et symboliques(pp. 105−127)(in French)
ColoursLeet o colours
Cyan Magenta Black Gray Siller White
Reid Orange Yellae Green Blue Indigo Violet
Blae Gowd Olive Purpie Broun Pink