Makedonian Armour

[Dan Diffendale]

In the center,a black muscled cuirass and in the righ another white.Should we consume it was painted?

numerous silly things about black armor

This is almost certainly a black-and-white drawing of a red-figure vase. There's a limited range of colors you can depict using the red-figure technique (red... and black, and added white). Saying the black must represent black is like saying everybody wore shades of grey in the Wild West because all the movies are in black and white...