BLACK

Black one of the darkest and dominant of the colour, one of the best beautiful colour I feel. It has always stayed as my favourite colour. I love this colour. Most of the times I prefer to wear BLACK.

Black is the darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is a dominant colour. The opposite of white. It absorbs all lights in the colour spectrum hence, giving it the darkest appearance. It is associated with elegance. To obtain the shade of a colour black is mixed to its original colour. It absorbs a lot of heat & light. Hence, many people don’t prefer wearing black during hot summer days.

As expressed & said by Rani Mukherjee in the bollywood movie BLACK “it is the visual impression experienced when no visible light reaches the eye.”

Black is used in various places according to their situations. It is often associated with death, evil, witches and magic. In Europe & North America it is commonly associated with mourning, the end, secrets, magic, power, evil, violence and elegance. During the 20^th century, black was the emblematic colour of the punk culture. It is the common colour for limousine. The black belt in martial arts symbolizes experience.

Black is a powerful colour. Hence judges & magistrates of many countries wear black robes. It is the colour of achievement, the colour of knowledge.

POSITIVE & NEGATIVE TRAITS OF BLACK

+ve: Sophistication, glamour, security, emotional safety, efficiency, substance.

-ve:  Oppression, coldness, menace, heaviness.

BLACK IN FLAGS

In spite of considering black the colour of mourn, evil etc. in the past & present its been used in various flags too. The flags which have black colour on them are:-

• Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor.

•  Flag of Belgium.

• Flag of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomen Empire.

• Flag of Germany.

• Flag of Estonia.

• Flag of Egypt.

•  Flag of South Africa.

BLACK IN SPORTS

Black is also used in different sports variously. It is used in uniforms, flags etc.

• The National Rugby Union team of New Zealand is called the “All Blacks” referring to their black outfit. The colour is even shared by other New Zealand National Teams such as the “Black Caps” (Cricket) & the “Kiwis” (Rugby League).
• Football referees traditionally wear black uniforms.
• In auto racing, black flag signals the driver to go into the pits.

BLACK IN FASHION

• Black is a colour which matches with everything & anything.
•  It is used in fashion largely because of its slimming advantage.
• It gives elegance to an outfit.

BLACK IN INTERIOR

Black is used variously in Interiors. We used it largely, evenly or less according to the outcome and the pleasant effect we need for the interior space. Black helps to make the space look smaller. Applying black on one of the walls of a large space will make the space look smaller or comparatively less big. Hence a large space can be made to appear small or large by the use of colour & black helps to make large spaces to look smaller.

BLACK IN A RETAIL STORE

The black interior in the retail store complements the type of merchandise sold out in the store. It gives a cosy feeling. The black ceiling brings down the height of the store and covers the AC Ducts shown through them.

BLACK IN RESIDENCE

   

The black in this space is used in carpet, window and door frame, slightly in furniture, hand rail, flooring, ceiling. It hence gives an eye liner look for the interior space.

The combination of white with black always gives an elegant look. Black can make the larger side of the room look smaller and even white has the vice versa quality too.

                                                                            

The black colour in the toilet area gives a cosy feel for relaxation.

Going through all these views and uses of the colour black, it has dignity and prestigious hold as well as a mourned standard too. According to me its still my favourite colour and will always be my favourite colour. As Rani Mukherjee expresses in the movie “BLACK”, I would say “It is the colour of Achievement, the colour of Knowledge, the colour of the graduation robe”.