The only workaround besides lighting is I have to turn diffuse down to almost nothing to get something to be dark.   However doesn't this kind of defeat the point of having a separate color node?

Is there something important I'm missing here?

WARK!

Thus Spoketh Winterclaw: a blog about a Winterclaw who speaks from time to time.

 

(using Poser Pro 2014 SR3, on 64 bit Win 7, poser units are inches.)