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Objects can reflect, refract, and/ or absorb light. white objects absorb very little light, so most of the light is reflected, thus giving the white object it's "whiteness." Inversely, dark objects absorb most of the light and very little is reflected. This is why black objects are great at absorbing light energy, which in turn is transferred to heat energy. So, the answer is black.

Having said that, just because something absorbs (and hence doesn't reflect) *visible* light doesn't in any way imply that the object will be good at absorbing radiation at other non-visible wavelengths. Lampblack is a very good absorber (and hence emitter) across a very wide range of wavelengths.

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