black · Oil and Watercolor

Ivory Black

A warm, brownish black. With yellow it turns a surprisingly natural green.

IndexPBk9

Color#23201E

Tinting strength8/10

Opacitysemi-opaque

Lightfastnessexcellent

Dryingvery slow

It carries a good deal of weight in a mixture, so add it in small steps.

With white, step by step

pure #23201E 6:1 #282522 3:1 #2C2926 2:1 #302C2A 1:1 #3A3533 1:2 #484340 1:3 #524D4A 1:6 #67625E pure #F8F7F3

From pure Ivory Black on the left to titanium white on the right. Watch how much chroma you lose on the way — that is the cost of lightening with white, and the reason a tint often needs a trace of something warm putting back.

What to mix it with

These are the partners that take Ivory Black furthest towards neutral, which makes them the ones you reach for when you need a shadow or a gray rather than a color.

with Ultramarine quietest point #262626 with Payne’s Gray quietest point #272727 with Cobalt Blue quietest point #272828 with Cerulean Blue quietest point #2C2D2C with Prussian Blue quietest point #222120 with Mars Black quietest point #1F1D1C

Every pair

Titanium White Zinc White Lemon Yellow Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Deep Yellow Ochre Raw Sienna Naples Yellow Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Deep Alizarin Crimson (permanent) Quinacridone Rose Indian Red Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt Umber Ultramarine Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Phthalo Blue Prussian Blue Phthalo Green Viridian Chromium Oxide Green Dioxazine Purple Mars Black Payne’s Gray

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