black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• The color black was used for everything
• Black made a big impact on Europeans
• The color back interested many people from the beginning
• Black was mainly used by ministers
• This color began to be used in different places

4 QUESTIONS

• What was it that interested people into this color which really had no color at all,it was dull?
• What did people think about it?
• Which social class first began to use this color?
• Who were the least people to use this color?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Stiking- Attractive; impressive
• Poverty- The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support
• Dominate- To rule over; govern; control

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERVIEW

• The color black dominated many things

black the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• Black meant many diferent things to people in Europe.
• It went from showing melancholy to be printed out and shown over the country.
• Europeans began to use this color in trends.
• Black became a very powerful color amongst everyone.
• Black was finally announced to be a true color after being considered a non-color.

4 QUESTIONS

• Why did Isaac Newton say that black isnt a real color?
• Why was it that after black not being considered a color, it was then announced it was?
• What did people think about this?
• Did people try to go against the fact thnat black wasnt considered a color?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Forceful- Full of force
• Delight- A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment
• Restored- To bring back into existence, use, or the like

2 LITETARY TERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERVIEW

• The color black was VERY popular

black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• The color black is used by many people but specially fashion designers.
• Black is another way for determining life and seeing it from another point.
• Black determines loneliness, dullness, and sadness.
• The color black is used to cover up certian ways of the mood which you are feeling.
• Black is a vvery dull color.

4 QUESTIONS

• What is the true representation of the color black?
• Do people really look at it from that way?
• What were peoples thought when Isaac Newton didnt consider black as a color?
• Was using the color black back in those days really have a meaning?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Melancholy- A gloomy state of life
• Ambivalent- Uncertainty or flunctuation
• Humility- The quality or condition of being humble

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERVIEW

• This book tells you all that you need to know about the color black.

black the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• Talks about how it was that the color black was and how it influenced people.
• The color black became very important to people.
• Black was used by all kinds of people unlike the other colors that only certain people used and or wore.
• The color black was first used by priests and ministers.
• Black made a great first impression amongs people.

4 QUESTIONS

• How was the color black first made?
• What made this color so powerful?
• Who created this color?
• Was the color black one of the first colors?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Compelling- Overpowering
• Luxury- A material obejct; service
• Archetypal- The original pattern or model from which all things from the same kind are copied on or which they are based on

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OERVIEW

• Gives a clear understanding about this colorless color.

black: the history of a color

black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• The color black was used by people who have a miserable life and decided to express their feelings in that way
• People then began to use the color balck in trends.
• Many Europeans dressed in the color black and began to use it in many different places.
• Black was a color critisized.
• Many people from Europe didnt approe black as a color

4 QUESTIONS

• Why wans't black considered as a color to many people?
• What attracted people to this color?
• Where was it mainly used?
• Did people use this color as a way of expressing themselves?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Rebellion- Open,organized, and armed resistance to ones governor or ruler
• Conformity- Action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc
• Humility- The quality or condition of being humble

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Simile
• Metaphor

1 OVERVIEW

• This is very interesting how a color could mean and represent so many things,

black: the history of a color

5 COMMENTS

• Black was the favorite color of many different people.
• The color black epresented different things such as mood or feeling.
• For many people the color black wasnt a real color. They thought that it had no expression.
• The color black represnted depression, melancholy, and also sadness.
• Black became ery known among Europeans.

4 QUEStiONS

• Who first started the color black?
• Should the color black really be considered a color?
• Did the color black first originate in Europe?
• What makes the color black so powerful?

3 VOCABULARY WORDS

• Fascists- Advocating
• Penitents- Feeling or expressing remorse for ones misdeeds or sins.
• Ascetics- A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, as an act of religious devotion

2 LITERARY TERMS

• Metaphor
• Simile

1 OVERVIEW

• The color black isn't a color which shows signs of joy or happiness.