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The color black as we know it, is actually the absence of color. When a "black" piece of paper is hit with the entire spectrum of visible light, none of that light is reflected back to your eyes, so the color of that paper appears "black."

The other type of color people sometimes use interchangeably (and incorrectly) is projected color, like the colors on your monitor or television. Black in this case is not a true (scientifically) black, since you cannot project "zero colors," which in this case would be black (note that the area between stars is black). Your monitor is projecting a very, very dark shade of gray and your eyes sees it as black.

Black is special because it is not a color but the absence of color.

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