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:

    “Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear feminism. They have stood in place so long that they are afraid to move. They fear change. They fear losing what little they have.”
    —bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

    “Soon,
    Light from a small intense lopsided moon
    Shows them, black as their shadows, sleeping so.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven
    ‘Tis gone.
    Arise, black vengeance, from the hollow hell!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)