What does black mean?

Black is a color with many different cultural meanings. Black will never go out of fashion.

Color and light

Black can be defined as no visible light enters the visible range. Contrary to white, white means that all the light in the visible spectrum enters the visual range at the same time. If the pigment absorbs all visible light in the spectrum and does not reflect any color light, the human eye will feel black. If the pigments of the three primary colors are mixed in a proper proportion, and the reflected colored light is minimized, the human eye will also feel black. So black can be caused by insufficient light (night) or by absorbing all colors of light (black pupil).

anthropology

"Black" is also used to describe black people. In fact, black people's skin color is not black, but dark brown, and their skin contains more melanin. The skin color of white people is not pure white, but there is relatively little melanin.

Meaning in culture

In western culture, black generally represents derogatory meanings, such as: black days, sad, sad days, like "Black Friday";

Black is often used in paintings, literary works and movies to render the atmosphere of death and terror;

Black is the color of mourning, and people often wear black clothes to attend funerals.

But sometimes black also has positive significance, for example: in fashion, black represents a stable and solemn style; In spoken language, "new black" represents the latest fashion trend;

In terms of finance and economics, the word "black" represents entering the supermarket, which proves that there is no debt.

In China, sometimes black food is considered to be good for health, such as black pork or black-bone chicken, which is more nutritious and superior.

Black also represents "secret", "concealment" and uncertainty, such as: underworld, which refers to criminal organizations hidden underground;

A "black box" refers to a system where no information is distributed.

"Black gold" is usually used to describe money from unknown sources, usually from corruption, but in some cases, "black gold" will only mean black valuables, usually the most commonly used description of oil.

Black Humor Black Humor is different from ordinary humor. Its absurdity, cynicism and cynicism contain heaviness and anguish, tears and pain, melancholy and cruelty, so its wry smile contains tears and even anger. Later, people usually used the word "black humor" in this sense.

In other cultures, black has different meanings, such as:

In the eyes of Masai people in Kenya, black represents overcast clouds and rainy season, so it symbolizes prosperity and life;

Among the Yi people in China, the aristocrats claim to be different from ordinary people, and their bones are black, so black represents aristocrats, black Yi is aristocrats, and Bai Yi is slaves.

In the ancient culture of China, black is a symbol of the north, representing "water", one of the five colors, without derogatory meaning;

In Germany, black represents conservative parties, such as CDU and Bavarian CSU.

In New Zealand, black represents the national football team because their jerseys are all black.

In spoken Chinese, black usually means being ignored and excluded from the focus of sight, for example, describing a person who is not recognized by the boss as "black"

In addition, black is used: the flag of anarchism is an all-black flag; Pirates traditionally use black flags with white skull patterns;

In cross-country race, the black flag indicates the car card;

The black ball in table tennis is the seven-point ball in snooker; In the American flower ball, the black ball is the eighth from the bottom.

In western astrology, black mirrors and crystal balls are both tools for wizards to predict.