if black is the absence of color and white is all the color how do they make black and white paint?

Question

if black is the absence of color and white is all the color how do they make black and white paint?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

We are actually talking about two concepts here. Light and Pigmentation.

So with Light White light is made of every color on the visual spectrum and darkness is the absence of all light.

With Pigment paints and waxes are dyed with color powders to give them the desired color. White is either made with a white material or it just happens to be what color the mixture ends up being with nothing added. The reason why we get black is the same although it can also be achieved by adding multiple colors due to them darkening eachother to that point.

Basically White Light is all the colors but White Paint is usually none of them. The reason is because you have to dye paint to get colors of paint where as you need to separate light to change its color.