Colour mixing recipes! ???? #chromaticblack #mixingblack

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Obviously there are no rules when it comes to your choices as an artist. But it’s important to know using black paint colours straight out of the tube can look flat or dull. ????

I use brown and black to tone down colours for grisaille painting or I sometimes use colours like ivory black for mixing. In some cases it can tone colours nicely & make some interesting greens. It’s also useful for situations (eg. graphic artwork) where the flat colour is a positive. BUT, to get more contrast mix a 'chromatic black!

A chromatic black is essentially a black mixed using other colours. Physical pigments are not perfect & mixed blacks using other colours can often be better suited to creating deeper & more transparent shadows with a better sense of depth.

Here are 5 methods to use transparent oil paints to create deeper blacks.

1. Modified black: Black + Brown (good for underpaintings & grisaille)
2. Primaries: Red + Yellow + Blue (good for limited palettes)
3. Replacing yellow: Red + Brown + Blue (a much deeper alternative to primaries)
4. Primary + Secondary: eg. Blue + Orange (good for toning & creating shadows on objects)
5. Brown + Blue (French ult + Burnt Umber) (the most popular choice for chromatic blacks).