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:

    “Don’t look now, God, we’re all right.
    All the suicides are eating Black Bean Soup;
    the Dalmatians, our turnip, our spotted parasite
    snoozles in her chair.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Some burn damp faggots, others may consume
    The entire combustible world in one small room
    As though dried straw, and if we turn about
    The bare chimney is gone black out
    Because the work had finished in that flare.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Black one, black one,
    there was a white
    candle in your heart.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)