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Readers Respond: How Does the Color Black Make You Feel?

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From the article: Color Psychology - Black
While black has different symbolic meanings, individual reactions to the color black can vary widely. The following are some of the reactions to the color black that readers have shared. How does black make you feel? Do you associate black with certain qualities or situations? Share Your Reactions

black

I like black. It doesn't make me feel evil or anything...it *kinda* calms me. It's sophisticated and its tranquil. Yeah, I'm weird.;) -ihavetheblacks
—Guest ihavetheblacks

black!!!

The color makes me want to hurt someone or something!!!
—Guest johny

how do you feel

Black makes me feel evil because it is dark and dark colors remind me of evil.
—Guest bob

Black, not brown

The color black is quite powerful, and seems to have magnetic qualities. For me, black is synonymous with power and sexuality. I am talking about the color black...NOT brown. Explore the color scale, brown can be quite dark, but it is not black...and neither is any human being black. I love the color black, but I am not referring to brown african american people, which a lot of people seem to become confused on.
—Guest nailed2thegun

Abnormal Psychology - Schizophrenia

Black has great interest because it enables use of insight and not senses, due to the incapability of the human to ''see'' in the dark. Black holds much power and people finding it attractive draw much energy from it. Of course, one has to 'first' embrace the color, hence being able to tap its true potential.
—Guest Paradox

black

Some people take black as a symbol for evil or something bad, but one shout to the people not everything black means evil.
—Guest zaid.m.jawad

attraction

It attracts me a lot. It has the aspect of thrill and suspense. The color black seems to tell lots of tales of different fantasy characters and sometimes it delivers the feeling of fear and fright!
—Guest farah

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