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black

noun (COLOUR)
 
 
/blæk/

Definition

A2 [U] the colour of coal or of the sky on a very dark night: She often dresses in black (= in black clothes).Black, white and grey black and white describes photography that has no colours except black, white, and grey: The old newsreels were filmed in black and white. a black and white photoPhotography
(Definition of black noun (COLOUR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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