There are fast changes in today’s fashion formations. The constant change due to the dynamic states of the people forces designer to seek new forms and thus the features that form fashion and color have to renew themselves. Color, one of the most significant features that affects human taste, trigger the physiological perception by forming a direct bridge between the designer and the wearer.

The message that the clothing, which is a non-verbal communication form, aims to convey is determined by the color. While the meanings of the colors vary according to historical periods and the eras of the cultures in which they exist, the color black has had a wide range of permanent meaning.

This study was prepared with the aim of analysing the reasons why black color, which has a wide range of positive and negative meanings, became an indispensable colour of today's women's clothing fashion.

For this purpose, the place and importance of black in the historical process and in different cultures were analysed and the symbolic meanings attributed to it in mythologies, legends, epics and traditions were determined. According to the period and cultures, how the color black is affected by religious, artistic, political, financial and social rules and changes and positive and negative acquisition in terms of meaning were presented with examples. 

The topic; the symbolic meanings and the psychological effects of the color black according to the cultures were analysed in terms of common, social and cultural factors and dress codes, and individual and social behaviour patterns that effects clothing and finally in terms of functions of the clothing and its symbolic use. The reflections of these effects on the use of color black in women’s clothing were analysed in historical process and the periods during which it was widely used were determined. The symbolic meanings given to the color black in terms of determined periods and effects were established and their connection with fashion trends was determined. The fashion designers that employ color black in their designs were found and then collections that show their design philosophy and reasons to use the color were analysed.