Why is darkness black?

Why is darkness black?




Why is darkness black?


  This question make people dive into curiosity. This seems silly, but for science enthusiasts like me, there is no other option than to explore and find out convincing answers.

  Color of any object depends upon what color it reflects. In such case, color of a notebook page is white because it reflects all the colors. 

  Thus, objects which absorb all the colors are said to be black. But such objects are almost impossible to be found out in the nature. There is a famous color called VANTA BLACK which is supposed to be the darkest color on Earth. But still it absorbs on 99.925% of light and not 100%. 

  Thus things appear black when there is insufficient amount of light to reflect back from the object, because most of it is absorbed!

  Now, darkness is absence of light. In such case, there is no light to reflect. And when there is no or insufficient amount of light to reflect, we perceive things as black.

  Thus darkness is black.
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