Watch me test 16 different art products and techniques to figure out which are the best for creating black backgrounds–especially in coloring books. I used the following criteria to test and evaluate the best black backgrounds: ease of application, opacity and intensity of black, streakiness/blotchiness, layer-ability, paper bleed, and paper damage/warping. These are the products that I tested: Derwent Inktense Pencils, Inktense with ColorIt Watercolor Brush Pen, Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle, NeoColor II with ColorIt Watercolor Brush Pen, Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil with Gamsol, Colored Pencil with Black Alcohol Marker, and more!

Top 3 Winners

1. Lefranc & Bourgeois Flashe Vinyl Paint
2. Winsor & Newton Designer’s Gouache
3. Acrylic Craft Paint

Recommended Products

Coloring Books Printed on Black Paper
https://www.coloringbliss.com/shop-coloring-books/

Favorite Coloring Bliss Paper
https://www.coloringbliss.com/shop-paper/

Affiliate Links to Products

Lefranc & Bourgeois Flashe Vinyl Paint
https://amzn.to/3JGrgQl

Winsor & Newton Designer’s Gouache
https://amzn.to/3wfEQqR

Acrylic Craft Paint
https://amzn.to/3QoFxVH

Posca Paint Marker Pens
https://amzn.to/3UgBCLI

Liquitex Professional Gesso Surface Prep
https://amzn.to/3UE19Qp

PanPastel Black
https://amzn.to/3JFKjKz

Liquitex Professional Acrylic Gouache
https://amzn.to/49Vak3r

Krylon Workable Fixatif Spray
https://amzn.to/3wjzfQj

Derwent Inktense Pencils
https://amzn.to/3JGKB43

Faber-Castell Water Brush Pen
https://amzn.to/3JH9c8M

Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Water-Soluble Pastels
https://amzn.to/3whpG4p

Faber-Castell PITT Artist Brush Pen
https://amzn.to/3WqQfyG

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils
https://amzn.to/3QqA68C

Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits
https://amzn.to/3whkXzB

Testing Result Worksheets

Recommended Video

Colour with Claire Livestream – Tuesday 26th March 2024

(See Lefranc product at 46:20)