27 Facts About Black

Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light.

Black was one of the first colors used by artists in Neolithic cave paintings.

Black is the most common ink color used for printing books, newspapers and documents, as it provides the highest contrast with white paper and thus is the easiest color to read.

Black was one of the most important colors used by ancient Greek artists.

Black symbolized both power and secrecy in the medieval world.

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Black ink, invented in China, was traditionally used in the Middle Ages for writing, for the simple reason that black was the darkest color and therefore provided the greatest contrast with white paper or parchment, making it the easiest color to read.

Black ink was used for printing books, because it provided the greatest contrast with the white paper and was the clearest and easiest color to read.

Black cats have been accused for centuries of being the familiar spirits of witches or of bringing bad luck.

Black was the color of the industrial revolution, largely fueled by coal, and later by oil.

Black was the color of melancholy, the dominant theme of romanticism.

Black dominated literature and fashion in the 19th century, and played a large role in painting.

Black's painting of black crows over a cornfield, painted shortly before he died, was particularly agitated and haunting.

The Italian designer Gianni Versace said, "Black is the quintessence of simplicity and elegance, " and French designer Yves Saint Laurent said, "black is the liaison which connects art and fashion.

Black can be defined as the visual impression experienced when no visible light reaches the eye.

Black is the absorption of all colors of light, or an exhaustive combination of multiple colors of pigment.

Black panther is actually a melanistic leopard or jaguar, the result of an excess of melanin in their skin caused by a recessive gene.

Black Army was a collection of anarchist military units which fought in the Russian Civil War, sometimes on the side of the Bolshevik Red Army, and sometimes for the opposing White Army.

Black was adopted by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany.

Black became the color of the uniform of the SS, the Schutzstaffel or "defense corps", the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, and was worn by SS officers from 1932 until the end of World War II.

Black shirts were worn by the British Union of Fascists before World War II, and members of fascist movements in the Netherlands.

Black has been a traditional color of cavalry and armoured or mechanized troops.

Black beret and the color black is a symbol of special forces in many countries.

Black is frequently used as a color of power, law and authority.

Black today is the most common color for limousines and the official cars of government officials.

Black is commonly used as a racial description in the United Kingdom, since ethnicity was first measured in the 2001 census.

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Black is the color most commonly associated with elegance in Europe and the United States, followed by silver, gold, and white.

Black first became a fashionable color for men in Europe in the 17th century, in the courts of Italy and Spain.