Are black and white colors

[Fritzo]

My art teacher in high school always said they are shades, not colors. Black is the lack of color, and white is the mixture of all colors.

From a physics perspective, this makes sense...

 

[dyna]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
My art teacher in high school always said they are shades, not colors. Black is the lack of color, and white is the mixture of all colors.

From a physics perspective, this makes sense...

 

[Pepsei]

Scientifically, a black object absorbs all the colors of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them. This is sometimes confused with black being called 'a mixture of all colors', but that is not the case. In fact, an object emitting or reflecting all colors is perceived as white. Sometimes black is described as an "achromatic color"; in practice, black can be considered a color

from wiki

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Only Roy G. Biv knows for sure.

LOL

 

[AMCRambler]

Crayola puts them both in their crayon boxes so I'm going with yes.

 

[krunchykrome]

Does crayola make black and white crayons?

There's your answer.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
I thought black was the absence of color, while white was all colors? Is that only for light?

that is for light, otherwise black is the combination of all colors and white is the absense of color.

 

[aircooled]

You require light to see color.