At top: variation of village 里, bottom: fire 灬 - Here: consider 里 as cooking pot
The bottom of the cooking pot has - by the fire - been stained black.

Left: black 黑/黒 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: dog 犬
About the black dog it is kept silent.

Top: black 黒 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black), below: earth 土
Black earth is used: for ink.

Left: mouth 口, right: black 黑 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.)
"Your mouth is black", he exclaimed in surprise.

Left: black 黑 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: sound/noise 音 (Stand/Get up 立 into the day 日 with sounds [of the alarm clock])
If the black is standing above the sun, it is a dark sadness.

Top: generation 代 (The person 人 passes on the sabre 弋 to the next generation.), bottom: black 黑 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.)
Since generations this black is used for the eyebrows.

Left: black 黑 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)
The 'black' you gain from fibers (=threads) using force is: a dark green.

Left: water 氵, right: 圼 (varifica. of black 黑 [without fire], which shows the underside of a pot 里 that has been blackened by fire 灬)
With water and the black of a pot, you can stain black.

Left: black 黑 (The bottom of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: now 今 (Put the cover into the corner フ Now!)
Where the black is now: in the Guizhou province.