[LIConFem]

"So what happens when you mix two substances, one of which reflects green light, and a second that reflects red light? You don't get orange, you get brown. "

What the heck does that have to do with anything???

We're not talking Watercolors 101 here. And none of what you said, however true, is in any way contradictory to what I said in my post. True white reflects all colors. True black reflects none. Period. I don't see what's so difficult about that simple concept.

[Svartalfiar]

And none of what you said, however true, is in any way contradictory to what I said in my post. True white reflects all colors. True black reflects none. Period. I don't see what's so difficult about that simple concept.

I'm not saying you're wrong, just that saying that black or white is 'all colors' vs 'not colored' depends on what you're talking about. Reflectivity vs absortivity. True white absorbs no colors. True black absorbs all colors.