National Color Day – Black

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“Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.”

–Henry Ford

About Black:

  • The Hausa in Nigeria, a black heart characterizes an angry man, a cheat, and an enemy, while a “black belly” represents a sad man.
  • The people of Uruk in present day Iraq use the term “black” to signify both very ripe fruit and arable land.
  • The earliest examples of papyruses composed with lampblack-based inks date back to 2600 B.C.

Famous Logos Using Black:

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American Broadcasting Company, Nike, Inc. and Adidas

Thank you to Anne Varichon’s Book – Colors, What They Mean and How to Make Them, for supplying content and inspiration.

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