VOLCANIC ASH :) oops sorry for caps. Hope this helps
— The single most important compositional genre of the Renaissance was the musical setting of the Catholic Mass.the mass is renowned for its intricate interplay of vocal lines and has been studied for centuries as a prime example of Renaissance polyphonic choral music.
I believe the answer is Flemish.
(A) its true they were originally invented during this time.
If you add more gray to a color, it make the color a darker shade of whatever the color is, if you were to add white it'd be a lighter shade of color