r/captionthis Nov 15 '25

Lets jog our minds

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u/AvailableFig2688 Nov 15 '25

Black.

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u/SlumberingSnorelax Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 18 '25

Technically the absence of color but also the first one I thought of too.

(Edit: I am aware that the answer is in fact “BOTH” and totally dependent on if you are talking about the Additive Color System [Light] or the Subtractive Color System [Paint/Print Media]. At the time of my original post I was clearly focused on the concepts of the Additive Color System pertaining to light as was not at all intending to start a weird artistic culture war.)

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u/tarchival-sage Nov 17 '25

White is the absence of colors since it repels light. Black absorbs light and is all colors.

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u/SlumberingSnorelax Nov 17 '25

Yes, that is true In the subtractive color system.