"Apparently her shirt is white, not black."

Translation: Rupanya kemeja dia putih, bukan hitam.

[Allverdizade]

why not 'tidak'?

[SWybrow]

I want to know this also.

'Tidak' is used with a verb or adjective, i.e. 'hitam' here.
'Bukan' is used with a noun.

[Crystal872316]

Same question

[Brian260733]

Exactly. My only guess is that we are supposed to think of "black" as a noun (same as "blackness") in Indonesian.

[Lyn572613]

Maybe 'not' modifies shirt (which is a noun) rather than black (adj)

[JarlNydahl]

So if we don't mention that it is white, only that it isn't black: Rupanya kemeja dia bukan hitam. Doesn't feel right to me.

[Karthik03121811]

Hints shows bajunya as the possible answer but mark it wrong if you use it ... Grrrr!!!

[deactivated user]

I have the same question as the others. "Putih" and "hitam" function as adjectives here, so it should be "tidak", no?