All the years I went to art school I was always taught to mix my colors together to make black. I think they told students to do this so we
would get colorful blacks. Now after teaching for over 37 years I now tell my students to use black right out of the tube and if they want it to be a colorful black, I have them mix a color into the black. I saw a painting by Andrew Wyeth that was all black and blue, so I figure if Wyeth can use black so could I.
Watch the video below to learn all about the color black.