 |  | | | The Colour Black | Monday 19 May 2003 | | |
The colour black, as we all learned at school, happens when an object is absorbing all the coloured wavelengths at once - it is all colours in one.
When this was discovered, artists in the 19th century stopped using pure black pigments and instead mixed colour to create different shades of dark. "There is no black in nature", was the popular excuse the Impressionists gave for their rejection of pure black.
The author of Colour, Victoria Finlay, took Jennifer Chevalier to the National Gallery to talk about the history of black.
Travels Through the Paintbox by Victoria Finlay published by Sceptre; ISBN: 0340733284
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