Mixing pairs: cadmium red and lamp black

M. Graham cadmium red (a cad. red light), M. Graham lamp black, and Rembrandt titanium white.

I posted a swatch yesterday with vermilion and lamp black. Although vermilion and cad. red look very similar, they mix quite differently with black. When mixed with black, cad. red makes dull purples rather than dull mauves as vermilion does.

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