TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - Black, an infinite quest 
AU  - Ruth Scheps 
AB  - Black has always been enigmatic and paradoxical. Absence of light, and therefore non-color for physicists, it is indeed color for chemists and artists. Matter or energy (still in the form of lack) for astrophysicists, it has never ceased to inspire philosophers and poets. This article begins by examining the evolution of scientific and artistic disputes over the nature of black. It then looks at the forms of its presence on Earth (mineral, vegetable and animal), and describes its pursuit in the cosmos (black holes, dark matter, dark energy). Returning to Earth, it looks at the processes involved in producing the color black, up to and including Vantablack and outrenoir. Finally, it traces the artistic uses and functions of black in relation to light and other colors and concludes with the infinite quest for black in its poetic and metaphysical resonances. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2025.1241 
JF  - Art and Science 
KW  - Black, color, light, night, black body, black hole, dark matter, dark energy, singularity, infinity, charcoal, Vantablack, monochrome, outrenoir, Noir, couleur, lumière, nuit, corps noir, trou noir, matière noire, énergie noire, singularité, infini, charbon, Vantablack, monochrome, outrenoir,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_artsci25v9n1_2.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2025/01/7 
SN  - 2515-8767 
TT  - Le noir, une quête infinie 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Black-an-infinite-quest 
IS  - Issue 1 
VL  - 9 
ER  -