Black and White

Calm down there buddy. Black is the absense of colour and white is them all mixed together. However this is when refering to the colour spectrum or light, not tints, shades ect.

Black is the absense of light, not color. Black is actually a very rich color.

I think he's trying to start one of those black or white arguments.

oops, my bad....sometimes I type before I think.

Acquiunk, I say there are shades.

truth
Technically, white IS the presence of all colors and black is the absence of color. But aesthetically, both are colors. When I paint I often use black and white in combination with other colors because of the effect they have on the overall color composition. I add white or black TO colors to change their value (tint and shade) and I use white and/or black next to other colors for their effect.

With paint, or pigment, I think they are colors - with light, they aren't.

The definition of color doesn't mean it has to be included in the spectrum of light. Here's the definition from dictionary.com. "That aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer or of the light." "No light" is definitely defined with respect to light, and "black" is one of the qualities created by light being reflected from an object.