blackness

English

Etymology

From black +‎ -ness.

Noun

blackness (usually uncountable; plural blacknesses)

1. (uncountable) The state, property or quality of being black.

   The blackness of outerspace comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of black.

2. (countable) The result or product of being black.

Antonyms

• whiteness

Translations

state, property or quality

• Catalan: negror (ca) f
• Finnish: mustuus (fi)
• Russian: чернота (ru) (černotá) f

• Scottish Gaelic: dubh (gd) m
• Spanish: negror (es) m, negrura (es) f
• Turkish: karalık (tr), siyahlık (tr)

result or product

• Catalan: negror (ca) f

• Scottish Gaelic: dubh (gd) m
• Spanish: negror (es) m, negrura (es) f