Black

Black

Black is the color of coal, ebony, and the night sky. It is the very darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is the opposite of white.

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Famous quotes containing the word black:

    “A slight wind shakes the seed-pods
    my thoughts are spent
    as the black seeds.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Thee for my recitative,
    Thee in the driving storm even as now, the snow, the winter-day
    declining,
    Thee in thy panoply, thy measur’d dual throbbing and thy beat
    convulsive,
    Thy black cylindric body, golden brass and silvery steel,”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “A black sun has appeared in the sky of my motherland.”
    —Wuer Kaixi, Chinese student leader. Quoted in Independent (London, June 29, 1989)