I see a white mantle and I want to paint it black.

Okay, so it doesn't quite have the same right as The Doors' Paint it Black.

We picked up a tiny can of black paint last time we were at the hardware store. Unfortunately we got it at Lowe's, which only carries Valspar--which I usually avoid like the plague because of their stupid commercials. (There is a theory that color holds power over us. That theory is now fact.--Awful commercial) Paint worked fine, though.

Before the semi-white mantle (smoke creme, I like to call it) blended into the white wall behind it. Now the black creates a nice focal point.