Information about Black color

#000000 - Black color image
The color name "Black" has been approved in accordance with the internal procedures of The Official Register of Color Names.

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The history behind the Color Name Black

The word black comes from Old English blæc, from Proto-Germanic *blakkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg-, from base *bhel-, related to Old Saxon blak, Old High German blach, Old Norse blakkr, Dutch blaken, and Swedish bläck. More distant cognates include Latin flagrare, and Ancient Greek phlegein. The Ancient Greeks sometimes used the same word to name different colors, if they had the same intensity. Kuanos’ could mean both dark blue and black.

Old High German also had two words for black: swartz for dull black and blach for a luminous black. These are parallelled in Middle English by the terms swart for dull black and blaek for luminous black. Swart still survives as the word swarthy, while blaek became the modern English black. The former is cognate with the words used for black in most modern Germanic languages aside from English (German: schwarz, Dutch: zwart, Swedish: svart, Danish: sort, Icelandic: svartr). In heraldry, the word used for the black color is sable, named for the black fur of the sable, an animal.

Basic facts about this digital color

HEX #000000 color name is Black.

HEX color code #000000 represent the color in hexadecimal format by combining three values – the amounts of Red, Green and Blue (RGB).

The RGB values of this color are 0, 0, 0 ( rgb(0, 0, 0) ). That means #000000 color is composed of 0% of Red, 0% Green and 0% Blue.

Black color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Black color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

Black color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

Black color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

Black color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

Black color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Black color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#000000
  • RGB0, 0, 0
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 100
  • HSL0°, 0%, 0%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 0%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 0%
  • HEX ID000000
  • DECIMAL ID0
  • Name Length5
  • Color Family (Hue)Red
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Brightness FamilyDim