1. the quality or state of being black in color; absence of light
2. complete darkness
3. the state or condition of being a Black person; Black identity or culture

Examples

• The blackness of the night sky was broken only by distant stars.
• She was startled by the sudden blackness when the power went out.
• The artist used pure blackness to create dramatic contrast in the painting.
• He wrote eloquently about his experience of blackness in America.
• The cave was filled with an impenetrable blackness.
• The blackness of the coal made it easy to spot against the white snow.
• Her poetry explores themes of blackness and identity.