Color black, is one of the most widely interpreted colors that ranks high on popularity. Symbolically, it can represent positive as well as the negative aspects of life and emotions. It is as much a traditional and vintage color as is novel and modern. The proponents of this color are intrigued by the elegance and a sense of power, this color yields. Therefore, black color finds one of its greatest use as professional 'power dressing' in the contemporary society. As attire, it makes its wearer look svelte, stylish, and formal, which earns it a reputation of the dress of authority.

In the field of art, black could not secure a very significant role, until the era of 'Modern Art.' The Medieval Art did away with it to quiet a large extent. Similarly, the nineteenth century color palette did not feature this color. Painters and other maestros of fine arts used deeper shades of other colors, such as purple and blue to capture the real-life semblance of black. Impressionists and Post-impressionists used purple to represent shadows and other occurrences, but consciously kept away from black. This use was explained by the positioning of purple as an opposite color to yellow, the color of brightness and light.

Artists refused to recognize black as a color and the Color Symbolism of black was reduced to 'nothingness.' Black is associated with the absence of light and nighttime when the vision is limited and the world is shrouded in mystery. This color absorbs all light and reflects nothing. This led the art community regard black as an absence of colors. 'Absence,' in turn, cannot paint emotions and subjects. The Modern artists gave black some space in their works, but mostly with a negative connotation to portray gloom and doom, with a touché of mysticism.

In the western nations, black is a color of the devil, death, and mourning, the attendants of a funeral wore. On the other hand, the color is linked to intelligence, academics, elegance, pelf, and professionalism. In the European countries, it is also a symbol of rank, authority, and power. The Africans relate it to black magic and occult, primarily because such rituals are usually performed at night. The Japanese culture reveres black as a color of eminence and experience. In general, black also stands for rebellion, underworld, the obscure, the hidden, tragedy, emotional vacuum, and unsavory expressions.

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