This article presents results of research into the process of constructing meanings for the color black. In order to explain the meanings of the color black triggered by advertising in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, reflections on the process of social construction of the color black are presented; aspects of the collection and selection of data from the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, of 2020, are described; then advertising pieces from this sample are analyzed through the application of peircean semiotic strategies. The article is relevant because it provides support for producers, in general, involved with visual language.