Re: Keeping blacks black
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Originally Posted by derekleffew
In the olden days, Prussian Blue or Pthalo Green were often added to Black dry pigment to achieve a darker black, right Van? Char5lie?
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'Tis true! I always choose black paints that have a bit of blue in them when I need a perceived dark black color. Oddly enough If you deck bleach on a piar of black 501's the bleached area turns a redish color before it goes to a light brown , then your wife yells at you.
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