Quoted from Sombody

Yes color is in the light.

Black paint/pigment in the light is the color known as black. When there is no light then the color black becomes the absence of  color.  Where is ther argument ?

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.

Pigments appear the colors they are because they selectively reflect and absorb certain wavelengths of visible light. White light is a roughly equal mixture of the entire spectrum of visible light with a wavelength in a range from about 375 or 400 nanometers to about 760 or 780 nm. When this light encounters a pigment, parts of the spectrum are absorbed by the chemical bonds of conjugated systems and other components of the pigment. Some other wavelengths or parts of the spectrum are reflected or scattered.


A wide variety of wavelengths (colors) encounter a pigment. This pigment absorbs red and green light, but reflects blue, creating the color blue.

Black is the color of coal, ebony, and of outer space. It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is the opposite of white and often represents darkness in contrast with light.[1]

Quoted from CICERO

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.

Pigments appear the colors they are because they selectively reflect and absorb certain wavelengths of visible light. White light is a roughly equal mixture of the entire spectrum of visible light with a wavelength in a range from about 375 or 400 nanometers to about 760 or 780 nm. When this light encounters a pigment, parts of the spectrum are absorbed by the chemical bonds of conjugated systems and other components of the pigment. Some other wavelengths or parts of the spectrum are reflected or scattered.


A wide variety of wavelengths (colors) encounter a pigment. This pigment absorbs red and green light, but reflects blue, creating the color blue.

Black is the color of coal, ebony, and of outer space. It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is the opposite of white and often represents darkness in contrast with light.[1]

COURTESY OF http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pigment

Quoted Text

pig·ment
noun \ˈpig-mənt\  

: a natural substance that gives color to animals and plants
: a substance that gives color to something else

Full Definition of PIGMENT
1:  a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials; especially :  a powdered substance that is mixed with a liquid in which it is relatively insoluble and used especially to impart color to coating materials (as paints) or to inks, plastics, and rubber

2:  a coloring matter in animals and plants especially in a cell or tissue; also :  any of various related colorless substances

Holy sheeit!
THREE DAYS AND 3 PAGES arguing about the "color" black and pigments?!!!!
Congress doesn't have a monopoly on silly a** arguments... no wonder I spend less and less time on here...

Quoted from CICERO

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.

Pigments appear the colors they are because they selectively reflect and absorb certain wavelengths of visible light. White light is a roughly equal mixture of the entire spectrum of visible light with a wavelength in a range from about 375 or 400 nanometers to about 760 or 780 nm. When this light encounters a pigment, parts of the spectrum are absorbed by the chemical bonds of conjugated systems and other components of the pigment. Some other wavelengths or parts of the spectrum are reflected or scattered.


A wide variety of wavelengths (colors) encounter a pigment. This pigment absorbs red and green light, but reflects blue, creating the color blue.

Black is the color of coal, ebony, and of outer space. It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light. It is the opposite of white and often represents darkness in contrast with light.[1]

I learned about color melting crayons on the radiator .  

mixing the three primary colors together with PIGMENT can make black   like the box said

mixing  the three primary colors together with LIGHT   will make white . the way color is made on the computer screen

where is the wiki ref  ?