Using black to bring cool to life has been a well-known trick in almost every type of fashion for as long as people can remember. Clothiers understood hundreds of years ago that black is able to slim a person down if it’s worn correctly on the body. It is a completely timeless color and has done well in bringing style to a wide variety of fashions and things.
For example, think about the common black sport watch. It goes by many names and it comes in analog or digital styles, but there’s almost no man alive who hasn’t owned at least one at one point or another in his life. Remember that white and black are probably the two most common colors; and black — especially — can look good even when it’s on a pair of raggedy black jeans.
Truly, the two colors that manage to look good with everything are black and white. Think about how really slick a brand-new car looks when it’s done up in black. Now, it might take a bit more work to keep something completely black clean but it might be worth it. Certainly some of the most famous movie cars in the world have been black. Think about it for a minute.
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.
Popular music has featured a number of very memorable songs that feature that color. AC/DC’s ‘Back in Black’ is one example of a timeless rock ‘n roll classic that sounds just as good today as it did 29 years ago, when it first came out. Go shopping for anything these days and it’s a sure bet that something will be brought home that features the use of black as the dominant color.
The bottom-line about black is that it pretty much goes with everything and it goes in such a way that the image it projects is quiet cool and extreme competence in many applications. Of course, one can’t have all black in one’s life or one risks looking a little too far ‘out there, ‘ but a fair amount of black in the objects one owns can really say something.