Warm Black?

[Sandy Barnes]

I need to mix a warm balck. It is for a leather sofa. So far, everything I've tried looks too cool. Is there a warm black I can use from the tube? Ivory is the only tube I have and it appears cool to me.
The sofa covers approx. a third of a very large canvas.
Suggestions will be much appreciated.

[Chuck Yokota]

Sandy,
I generally mix black from Burnt Sienna and French Ultramarine. I like the black they produce, and since I use those pigments quite a bit, it blends into them well to give more unity to the painting.

[Jean Kelly]

Sandy,

You can also try Alizaren Crimson with the Ultramarine blue then add a touch more of Ivory Black for the shadow areas. Or add some Pthalo Green, and no black at all.

Jean

[Sandy Barnes]

Thanks Chuck and Jean.
I will try all of these mixes on my practice canvas. I usually have very small areas of black (if any at all) This wide expanse had me stymied.
Sandy

[Richard Budig]

I use alilzarin crimson, burnt sienna, and ultramarine blue. By varying the amounts of each, you can get something I call a dead black (flat, no color), or by pushing the alizarin, you can get a warm black. More blue, and you get a cool black. Vary the black you make from warm to cool, or whatever, and you'll have an interesting black instead of dull orl ivory black straight from the tube.

Pthalo blue and burnt sienna (or transparent oxide red) make a VERY dark brown, almost black. I suppose you could fiddle with this and get some warm and cool darks that would read as black, also.

It's just my opinion, but I feel black is such an uninteresting color, so anything we can to make it vibrate a little is a help.