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Would it be alright to mix diamine Oxblood and Diamine Midnight Blue?

 

I want to make a purple of some sort and those two are all I have to work with.

 

Also if anyone has tried this, what did it look like? I am a little unsure if it will work due to them both being quite dark to begin with.

 

Thanks for any help.

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Most probably it won't work...since they're both very dark colors, it will look something like a purplish black I guess?

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Both Diamine, so you could assume the formulae were same? Mix in a separate container (as I'm sure you would) and wait and see if you get any precipitates/solids form before you put it into a pen!

 

It will most definitely be a very dark purple, if you can see purple at all!

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I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be safe...But just to be cautious, mix it and leave it for 24 hours or so without filling the pen...if there's precipitate on the bottom of the mixing vial, then it's not safe.

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No idea if it's safe but I couldn't wait and just mixed 1 part Oxblood to 2 parts Diamine Midnight Blue = Yummy. Very similar to Diamine Eclipse.

 

I'll post a pic tomorrow when it's light.

 

Thanks for the idea. JulianN ! :)

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Most probably it won't work...since they're both very dark colors, it will look something like a purplish black I guess?

 

That's what I'm starting to realize :(. I just mixed Sargasso Sea (very saturated blue with a nice sheen) with Red Dragon (which is not even *as* dark as Oxblood), expecting something purplish and ended up with a dark blue-gray.

 

Which is actually kinda decent looking, so I'll go with "I totally meant to do that" :D I actually kept the vial to use it up slowly at work.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/274420-diamine-recipes/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3138927

 

I'm having better luck with brighter blues, such as Mediterranean Sea.

 

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Have you tried to add in a really light colored ink? Maybe Beau Blue or China Blue would lighten up the Sargasso Sea. I've not tried it so just a suggestion.

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That's what I'm starting to realize :(. I just mixed Sargasso Sea (very saturated blue with a nice sheen) with Red Dragon (which is not even *as* dark as Oxblood), expecting something purplish and ended up with a dark blue-gray.

 

Which is actually kinda decent looking, so I'll go with "I totally meant to do that" :D I actually kept the vial to use it up slowly at work.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/274420-diamine-recipes/page-2?do=findComment&comment=3138927

 

I'm having better luck with brighter blues, such as Mediterranean Sea.

 

-k

Hey, that *is* kinda nice. I don't normally like muted purples, but that is not half bad. Wonder what would happen if you used a brighter red. Or added water (I currently have Sargasso Sea in a pen and was too lazy to flush so I just refilled the converter with distilled water and have a very nice well behaved blue -- and not cloggy the way I remember Sargasso Sea being).

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Would it be alright to mix diamine Oxblood and Diamine Midnight Blue?

 

I want to make a purple of some sort and those two are all I have to work with.

 

Also if anyone has tried this, what did it look like? I am a little unsure if it will work due to them both being quite dark to begin with.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

From a watercolorist: there are dye reflectance curves that show you the amount of yellow, green in "blue" and "red." Depending on how much, when you make blue and red together to get violet, lo, you do NOT get purple. You get a brownish dark color or a muddy blue or something but anything but that bright violet. Watercolorists have a book "Yellow and Blue do NOT make Green" and this goes over the issue of mixing colors.

 

If I knew the dyes in each ink, I could find the reflectance curves (known dyes have a distinct chemical identifier.) Then you can see what kind of color you'd be likely to get. But... if you are trying to get a bright purple from blue and red, give it up, most of the time it won' t happen. Your best bet may be a bright pink with NO yellow or salmony tone (a mauve pin) and a blue with NO green tones.

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