Answer A Question

Is Black really a color?

Asked by Lori K - 3 years ago

Report This

Highest Rated Answer

Answered by anonymous
3 years ago

Add Comment |

Report This

Good question. At night when we can't see, Black or Darkness is percieved due to the way our sensors processes light, or the absence of it. No light, no reflected color = black or darkness.

But black objects may just absorb all light and reflect none, whereas green objects are reflecting green light, red - red light, etc.

So when its pitch black (pun intended) no objects appear to have color because there is no light to be reflected, and in daylight black objects absorb all light and reflect none.

Think of black objects as kind of "black holes" - we know they're there during daylight because of the absence of reflected light.