Black shadowy mesh in Edit Mode I am in Edit Mode trying to visualize the bottom part of my model.
But the bottom meshes are black and so are the parts on the other side.



I looked at this question and this question but I don't think they are related to my problem.

I'm in Edit Mode with Material shading turned on (to be able to see the reference images imported as planes), and would like to see the faces and vertices on the sides that are currently dark.
You've set the viewport shading to material (the drop down right to edit mode) it seems that there is no light in this direction either add another light source or change to a different mode.