You wish to darken a particular shade of blue, so you try adding layers of blue colored pencil. However, this doesn't make the blue as dark as you would like it to be. Your next step, then, should be to add layers of?

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Blue pencil reflects blue light. So what color pencil absorbs blue light?
To make a color darker (this is called a shade of the original color), add a small amount of black. If you add too much black, your color will be almost black. Another way to darken a color is to mix in some of the complementary color (the opposite color on a color wheel - see below). This produces a rich, dark color (richer than just adding black). Some pairs of complementary colors are: blue/orange, green/red, yellow/purple, black/white.

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You wish to darken a particular shade of blue, so you try adding layers of blue colored pencil. However, this doesn't make the blue as dark as you would like it to be. Your next step, then, should be to add layers of?
A. Brown
B. blue's complement
C. Gray.
D. Red or violet.