Are Black & White Colors? Is Black a Color? Is White a Color?
The answer to the question - "Are black and white colors?" - is
one of the most debated issues about color. Ask a scientist and
you'll get a reply based on physics: “Black is not a color,
white is a color.” Ask an artist or a child with crayons and
you'll get another: “Black is a color, white is not a color.”
(Maybe!) There are four sections on this page that present the
best answers. # 1 - The First Answer: Color Theory #1 - Color as
Light Black is not a color. White is a color. # 2 - The Second
Answer: Color Theory #2 - Color as Pigment or Molecular Coloring
Agents Black is a color. White is not a color Comments from
color pros: More about black & white How Colors Exist A basic
understanding of how colors are created is the first step in
providing correct answers. Here are two examples: The color of a
tangible object is the result of pigments or molecular coloring
agents. For example, the color of a red apple (in the
illustration at the left) is