Black Is the Colour
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Black Is the Colour is a traditional folk song, best known in its Appalachian and Celtic variants, that expresses longing and devotion for a distant lover.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Is the Color | 1 |
| Black Is the Colour canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16345193 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Is the Colour Context triple: [Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, hasVariant, Black Is the Colour]
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A.
Blue Ain’t Your Color
"Blue Ain’t Your Color" is a country ballad by Keith Urban known for its soulful, blues-influenced style and chart-topping success.
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B.
Blackness
Blackness is a small coastal village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
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C.
Black on Black
Black on Black is an abstract monochrome painting by Russian avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko that exemplifies his radical exploration of pure form and color in early 20th-century art.
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D.
Blue-Eyed Black Boy
Blue-Eyed Black Boy is a one-act anti-lynching play by Harlem Renaissance writer Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts racial violence and injustice in the American South.
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E.
Black & Blue
"Black & Blue" is a song featured on the album "Ghost of a Dog" by the American alternative rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Black Is the Colour Target entity description: Black Is the Colour is a traditional folk song, best known in its Appalachian and Celtic variants, that expresses longing and devotion for a distant lover.
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A.
Blue Ain’t Your Color
"Blue Ain’t Your Color" is a country ballad by Keith Urban known for its soulful, blues-influenced style and chart-topping success.
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B.
Blackness
Blackness is a small coastal village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
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C.
Black on Black
Black on Black is an abstract monochrome painting by Russian avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko that exemplifies his radical exploration of pure form and color in early 20th-century art.
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D.
Blue-Eyed Black Boy
Blue-Eyed Black Boy is a one-act anti-lynching play by Harlem Renaissance writer Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts racial violence and injustice in the American South.
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E.
Black & Blue
"Black & Blue" is a song featured on the album "Ghost of a Dog" by the American alternative rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Black Is the Color