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 terrible, beetle-browed, mastiff-mouthed, yellow-skinned, broad-bottomed, grim-taciturn individual; with a pair of dull-cruel-looking black eyes, and as much Parliamentary intellect and silent-rage in him ... as I have ever seen in any man.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    “Long sibilant-muscled trees
    Were lifting up, the black poplars.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The black dog gets the food; the white dog gets the blame.”
    —Chinese proverb.