not the white wash that is doing that, when I took R Abbott's class he covers a tech. on mixing complementary colors into a grey or neutral color which will allow you to blend out into either color..I.E. purp/yell. or red/green or blue/org. and it is moring pleasing to the eye when you use this as your dark tone instead of black. you can then blend out into either color.. the smoke I used the zombie color pallet from eternal. Iam still along way off..lol thanks for looking