In the "midnight zone" (the bathypelagic layer) of the ocean, sunlight never reaches. Creatures here have evolved to be truly black as night, using the darkness as a perfect camouflage against bioluminescent predators.
While we see "black" in charcoal or ink, nature’s version of total darkness is far more complex. Black as Night
Space is the ultimate expression of this theme. We often think of the night sky as a scattering of stars, but the vast majority of it is a vacuum of incomprehensible darkness. In the "midnight zone" (the bathypelagic layer) of