adj. black·er, black·est 1. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue. 2. Having little or no light: a black, moonless night. 3. also Black a. Of or belonging to a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin: the black population of South Africa. b.
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black 1 of 3 adjective 1 as in ebony having the color of soot or coal we adopted a little black kitten Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ebony dark raven sable dusky blackish brunette pitch-black pitchy inky pitch-dark brunet Antonyms & Near Antonyms white light pale bright brilliant palish 2 as in dark
adjective. relating or belonging to any of the various human populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. relating to or noting the descendants of these populations, …
Black or less commonly black. a. : a person belonging to any of various population groups of especially African ancestry often considered as having dark pigmentation of the skin but in fact having a wide range of skin colors. Note: Capitalization of Black …
Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.
black, in physics, what is perceived with the human eye when light is absent or when all wavelengths in the visible spectrum are absorbed. Like white, but unlike the colours of the spectrum or most mixtures of them, black lacks hue, so it is considered an achromatic colour.
Black represents evil, darkness, night, and despair. It’s the color used to convey certainty and authority, and when used in opposition with white, it’s a symbol of the eternal struggle between day and night, good and evil, and right and wrong. Positive Associations We think of black as sophisticated and serious.
Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely believed to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
Marina Fang. Jan 25, 2023, 04:48 PM EST. “Till” director Chinonye Chukwu didn’t mince words when responding to the Oscars’ failure to nominate films by and starring Black women on Tuesday. “We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards