Huh.

S: “Yeah..[sighs] I’d say the hardest part for me was making the particular hues bright and dark enough.”

[For clarification, the paint in question dries extremely dark.]

No.

S: “What particular technique did you use to mix those particular colors?”
Me: “I just mixed the color with black until it all looked black.”
S: “Oh. So you painted your paper red and then painted over it in black?”