Adding Black To Bring Cool To A Life
Adding black to bring cool to a life has been a trick in fashion of all kinds for years and years. In fact, clothing designers have known for ages that black slims a person when it’s worn correctly, such as a person dressed completely in the color. Not only is it timeless but it is also completely stylish for use in many objects and fashions.
Think for a minute how common a black sport watch is these days. Almost no man who knows anything about colors fails to have one or two different types. Keep in mind that anything between black and its opposite, white, is just a shade variation of one of those colors. And a watch — whether digital or analog — in black can look stylish even when worn with raggedy dungarees.
Truthfully, just about anybody who knows and understands how color is used realizes that black is one of those ‘must have’ colors. Think about how nice a brand-new car looks when it is decked out in a lustrous and deep black. It just seems a bit more dangerous even when it’s an economy car, and even though it might take a bit more effort to keep it clean. Certainly, movie heroes have driven black cars for decades.
In the world of rock ‘n roll, some of the most famous musicians in history have played instruments in that color. For instance, British rock and roller Eric Clapton — who first came to our attention during the 1960s and the ‘British Invasion’ — has played a guitar he calls ‘Blackie’ for years. It’s a Fender Stratocaster and the man and the black electric guitar go together like nothing else.
And just as the 1990s was known for a plethora of brightly colored clothing and many different objects, it would seem that this decade has been about stylish cool, which is exemplified by wide use of the color black. Motorcyclists — even those who zoom around on brightly colored Japanese bikes — all make sure they have at least one black helmet in their collection, to use one example.
Even our popular music has featured this color in song for decades. One of the most popular rock ‘n roll songs of all time, for example, features the color in its title. ‘Back in Black, ‘ by AC/DC, first hit the airwaves in 1980 but it’s just as popular today and says just as much about the meaning of black now as it did over 29 years ago.
What it comes down to is that those who understand color understand that black goes with anything. So when going shopping, one should consider using black as the fallback color whenever stuck trying to match up one item with another. Don’t color any world completely in black or it will look too far out there, but a nice selection of black in anything will certainly say something.
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