The Color Black was one of the first colors used in cave paintings by the Egypt, and Greece. The Romans believed it was the color of morning but over the centuries people identify black as something evil, like the underworld, witches and magic. In the 14th century the color black started to be used as a form of elegance and high status even government officials wear the color black. Past to the 20th Black is more commonly used for fashion and style.

Black – Wikipedia