Darkness always gives a very gloomy and moody feel. No wonder darkness is associated to horror and loneliness in movies and literature. It has such a negative impact on the emotions. It also denotes evil or depression in poems and even death or sufferings. No wonder you feel very low during winter times when the sun goes down and the darkness outside reflects on your moods too.
It is amusing that we cannot obtain darkness. Darkness happens when there is no light. So theoretically you can have lightlessness. An object appears dark because it reflects less particles than a lighter object. A white object appears white, because it reflects all the visible light. Scientifically it is not possible to create pitch darkness.
The term is a noun form. Yet it does not have a plural form. The antonym of the term is lightness but will depend on what background the term is used.
In the artistic front, darkness play a key role. Darkness is used to emphasise the brightness or contract of the other colours. The right balance of darkness in colours, gives the picture proportion and form.
Darkness depicts different meanings in different context. Here are a few:-
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