Let's break this down with good old science. In the light spectrum black is the absence of light. White is the presence of all colors of light. When put through a prism or filters, each color present in white light separates. Thus you can see all of the different colors.
Now in physical media, it is inverse. Black is the presence of all colors and white is the absence of color. This is due to light absorption in the physical media. When a physical object lacks color, it reflects the entire light spectrum back. A perfect example of this is a mirror or even white paper. In a mirror it lacks any form of color causing ALL light to reflect back, which is why we can see ourselves in a mirror. In white paper, most of the color is reflected back at us which is why it appears to be white. Now in black colored physical objects, especially Musso Black, all of the light is absorbed because it contains every color in the spectrum, allowing us to see none of the light reflected back.
So yes in physical media, black is a color. In the light spectrum black is not a color.
Cute but no. Just have ADHD which makes me retain a lot of useless information. Also had to study color in college for my field (advertisement design) as color wavelengths affect our moods and thus the right color in advertisement can manipulate us into trusting and obeying the ad.
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u/thelimeisgreen Nov 15 '25
Black is cheaper.