How to make dark colours?

[Katya]

Hi there!

I am still very new to ArtRage and am currently using ArtRage 5. In my paintings I find that I cannot make truly dark colours, and this is creating difficulty for me to make contrast in my paintings.

For example, if I select 'black' and paint on the canvas, it appears as a grey colour. In fact many of the colours appear much lighter. I am very confused because if I paint onto a 'scrap paper' I get the exact colour that I think i am getting, like black, but if I move over and paint on the canvas it isn't the same colour.

I don't know if I have something set to tranparent, I have made sure there are no thinners in the oil, that the opacity is all the way up... I don't know what else to do! SOmeone please help

I have attached a screenshot of a section of my current painting, with the swtach next to it. I have also painted a black strip on both to show how different they are. None of the colours match up and I don't know if this is correct?

I would appreciate any advice please!

Best,
Katya