| Effects: | Makes one feel inconspicuous & provides a restful emptiness | Aids mental clarity & encourages us to clear clutter or obstacles | |
| Chinese: | Associate black with water, north & winter | Associate white with metal, west & autumn | |
| Indians: | Associate black with evil, bad & inauspicious | Associate white with godliness, cleanliness, good, pure & auspicious | |
| Western Civilizations: | Black is the colour of mourning | White is a colour of mourning in china & parts of Africa | |
| Figurative usage in Language: | Black comedy, black belt, black coffee, blackmail, blackball, black day & black sheep | White Christmas, white flag, white goods, white elephant, white hot, white lie, white sauce & white feather | |
| Signature usage: | Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison & Kiss | Architect Richard Meier | |
| Spectrum Position: | Black is the color that occurs when no light is reflected in any part of the visible spectrum | White is the color that occurs when all light is reflected in visible light spectrum | |
| Technical Group: | Achromatic | Achromatic | |
| RGB Config: | R: 0; G: 0; B: 0; | R: 255; G: 255; B: 255; | |
| Colour Psyche: | Authoritative, powerful & classic colour | Purity, cleanliness & neutrality | |