all started from the darkness of the universe, maybe this and maybe not but in all cases imperceptible.
It was the matter, but what was missing in the matter would then later called it, so there was no comparison of the "Material" and "immaterial" to put this matter and its counterpart, the ethereal being.
This is the origin of perception, the ability to assign a 'mnemonic image and criteria to be in what has personal connotations.
The universe is dark, what color it is our perception of it.