The color of black

Neutral symbolism:

1. Black sky refers to the appearance of space as one emerges from the Earth's atmosphere
2. In auto racing, a black flag signals a certain driver to go into the pits
3. In Portuguese politics, black is the party color of the Left Bloc
4. In ancient China, black was the symbol of North and Water, one of the main five colors
Positive symbolism:

1. In Western fashion, black is considered stylish, sexy, and powerful.
2. Black is seen as a color of seriousness and authority:
-Many priests of the older religious denominations traditionally wear black.
-Lawyers and judges often wear black robes.
3. Black Friday is the first Friday after Thanksgiving and is, statistically, the largest shopping day in the US. The concept is that, all the shopping can put a company into the black

Negative symbolism:
black is sometimes used with a negative connotation. The reasons for this are various, but the most widely accepted explanations are that night is experienced by humans as negative and dangerous. A secondary reason is that stains are most visible as dark additions to pale materials.

1. Black is often a color of mourning
2. Black magic is an evil form of magic, often connected with death
3. bad guys always wear black
4. A black cat is superstitiously considered bad luck and linked with death in the U.S., however in the UK a black cat is considered good luck.
5. Evil witches are stereotypically dressed in black and good fairies in white
6. death ( meet Joe Black)


Images in black:
1. batman
2 spider (spiderman)
3 owl
4 death
5 shadow
6 Islamite
7 vampire
8 priest
9 nightmare
10 ghost
11 music notes
12 Gothic style
13 skull








REFERENCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black