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:

    “Ach, Mutter,
    This old, black dress,
    I have been embroidering
    French flowers on it.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

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

    “To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box.... On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.”
    —Stephen Carter (b. 1954)