What secondary color goes with base black color?

louiey370z · 05-08-2015, 11:54 AM

I am debating on whether to stay blacked out, or go with a secondary color with black. What do u guys recommend? And do u have any pics as well?

exsanity · 05-08-2015, 11:56 AM

^ these colors ^

lj909 · 05-08-2015, 12:04 PM

yeah man anything goes with black. It's your preference. What matters is how you apply the color. Clean, simple, tasteful, gaudy. It will be a reflection on you. Some may like it others won't.

louiey370z · 05-08-2015, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lj909

yeah man anything goes with black. It's your preference. What matters is how you apply the color. Clean, simple, tasteful, gaudy. It will be a reflection on you. Some may like it others won't.

Anyone have sample pics? I've yet to see black with another secondary color (emblems, door handles, rims, etc)

Zbrah · 05-08-2015, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by louiey370z

Anyone have sample pics? I've yet to see black with another secondary color (emblems, door handles, rims, etc)

Black and silver

Black and black

Black, silver, gold, red

Black and yellow!

Black and green!

Black and pink?

JARblue · 05-08-2015, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by louiey370z

I've yet to see black with another secondary color

True black is the absence of light (color). There is no secondary color to black. That's why everything goes with it.

Red is probably one of the more common colors to pair with black. Yellow also, but that's not for everyone.

exsanity · 05-08-2015, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Black is the absence of light (color). There is no secondary color to black. That's why everything goes with it.

Red is probably one of the more common colors to pair with black. Yellow also, but that's not for everyone.

Not completely correct..

In pigment, black is the reflection, thereby inclusion of all colors.

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Main article: Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
In the visible spectrum, white reflects light and is a presence of all colors, but black absorbs light and is an absence of color.

Black can be defined as the visual impression experienced when no visible light reaches the eye. (This makes a contrast with whiteness, the impression of any combination of colors of light that equally stimulates all three types of color-sensitive visual receptors.)

Pigments or dyes that absorb light rather than reflect it back to the eye "look black". A black pigment can, however, result from a combination of several pigments that collectively absorb all colors. If appropriate proportions of three primary pigments are mixed, the result reflects so little light as to be called "black".

This provides two superficially opposite but actually complementary descriptions of black. Black is the lack of all colors of light, or an exhaustive combination of multiple colors of pigment. See also primary colors.

In physics, a black body is a perfect absorber of light, but, by a thermodynamic rule, it is also the best emitter. Thus, the best radiative cooling, out of sunlight, is by using black paint, though it is important that it be black (a nearly perfect absorber) in the infrared as well.

In elementary science, far ultraviolet light is called "black light" because, while itself unseen, it causes many minerals and other substances to fluoresce.

On January 16, 2008, researchers from Troy, New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced the creation of the darkest material on the planet. The material, which reflects only .045 percent of light, was created from carbon nanotubes stood on end. This is 1/30 of the light reflected by the current standard for blackness, and one third the light reflected by the previous record holder for darkest substance.

A material is said to be black if most incoming light is absorbed equally in the material. Light (electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum) interacts with the atoms and molecules, which causes the energy of the light to be converted into other forms of energy, usually heat. This means that black surfaces can act as thermal collectors, absorbing light and generating heat(see Solar thermal collector).

Absorption of light is contrasted by transmission, reflection and diffusion, where the light is only redirected, causing objects to appear transparent, reflective or white respectively.

Leingod · 05-08-2015, 12:32 PM

This is coming from someone who mods computer cases. Most cases are stock black. SOme have gaudy bits of chrome or stripes of different colors. All seems to compliment black nicely.

Red = easy to keep the same secondary since most aftermarket parts always have a red varient

Blue = a less common color against black which offers a more welcoming appearance, but can be slightly harder to work with

off-variant colors = green/purple/etc. These colors can always be done, but most will have to be powder coated or painted to all match accordingly.

So it all comes down to how much time, style, and investment you want to make as a secondary to black. Any "color" works with black. It's what you're most comfortable with and how much you're willing to invest to match everything accordingly.

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