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Asked by MarcS to Carrie, Cedric, Ellen, Ines, Rupert on 7 Mar 2017.
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Rupert Marshall answered on 7 Mar 2017:
An interesting question – it could be answered in many ways from vision to philosophy to poetry!
Technically, black is not a colour. A black surface absorbs all colours, from blue to red to yellow. so you could say black is the colour of presence because it absorbs all the colours – although we tend to think of it as the colour absence as it doesn’t reflect anything. A white surface reflects all colours. In a dark room a white table will appear red if you shine a red light on it. I am not an expert on philosophy or poetry so will leave that for you to think about
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Ines Goncalves answered on 7 Mar 2017:
Excellent question and Rupert already gave an excellent answer. Now, is black the colour of absence or is it the absence of colour? 😉
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Ellen Williams answered on 9 Mar 2017:
That’s a really cool question! And I wouldn’t even begin to know how to answer it, sorry! I have always thought that black objects are colours but things say like the black hole are just well – nothingness! But I think Rupert gave a great answer to your question!
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Cedric Tan answered on 14 Mar 2017:
Ah great question! Black is the colour for which light is not reflected from the surface, but rather the light is absorbed. In other words, when we see a black surface, the surface does not reflect any light. You could say that it is the absence of reflection.
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