Highlighter Ink Recipes

[aj3537]

 

All my colors are diluted. 3 ml ink and 2 ml water. The mixes are for the ink portion only.

 

Red - 2 ml N. Hellfire, 1 ml N. Sunrise

Orange - 2 ml N. Summer Tanger, 1 ml N. ghost

Peach - 2 ml N. Georgia Peach, 1 ml N. Ghost

Yellow Orange - 0.5 ml N. Summer Tanger, 2.5 ml Sunrise, 2 ml N. Ghost

Yellow - 2 ml N. Sunrise, 1 ml N. Ghost

Yellow Green (olive) - 3 ml N. Ghost, 1 ml N. Army

Green - 2 ml N. St. Patty's Erie, 1 ml N. Ghost

Green Blue - 2 ml N. Lightning Blue, 0.5 ml N. St. Patty's Erie, 1 ml ghost

Blue Green - 4 ml N. Lightning Blue, 0.5 ml N. St. Patty's Erie, 1 ml ghost

Blue - 2 ml N. Lightning blue, 1 ml Ghost

Blue Purple - 1 ml N. Alantic Salmon, 3.5 ml Lightning blue, 1 ml ghost

Purple - 2 ml N. Alantic Salmon, 1.5 ml N. Lightning Blue, 2 ml ghost

Fuschia - 3 ml N. Alantic Salmon, 1 ml N. Lightning Blue, 2 ml ghost

Dark Pink - 2 ml N. Alantic Salmon, 0.1 ml N. Heart of Darkness, 1 ml ghost

Light Pink - 2 ml N. Hellfire, 1 ml ghost

 

 

I'm not a fan of bright, neon yellow. But I'm expecting a bottle of N. Firefly for experimenting.

 

The only color I'm not totally pleased with is the Yellow-Orange. I think it would it would be better with N. Dragon Catfish Orange but I don't have any to play with. I'm going to see how Summer Tanger and Firefly work together.

 

I really want to play with the Dragon Catfish colors , N. Golden Pig, and the J. Herbin grey.

Edited April 14, 2015 by aj3537

[luhkey]

i like the blue and light pink.

how different are they from their Lightning Blue and Hellfire bases, though?

and are you also diluting the Blue Ghost?

[inkstainedruth]

Love the purple. I have wondered if Dragon Catfish Pink and Lightning Blue would make a good purple highlighter ink.

Did you try these without adding the Blue Ghost? Or did you decide from the outset that it would add to the vibrancy?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[aj3537]

I use the ink in preppy highlighters. The color seems to come out very dark and extremely wet with the felt tip. My first time mixing with pure colors resulted in very dark ink that made it hard to read.

 

The Yellow Green is a perfect example. I fell in love with the Iro Chiku Rin but can't afford it for highlighter purposes. N Army isn't a highlighter ink and was a very dark version of this color (or as close to the color as I'll ever get besides my traded sample). To lighten it up enough to be a highlighter, I had to dilute with Ghost 3 to 1. And still needed water dilution to fix drying time and bleeding.

 

So blue ghost makes the color more transparent without changing the consistency of the ink. I use water to aid in making the ink more transparent and it dries faster. Before dilution, I was having problems with the ink bleeding through to the back page along with imprinting on the opposite page.

 

These formulas addressed and fixed these issues (at least for the textbook I am currently reading). I could have used White Whale to lighten the color but at $10 for 1 oz verses $12.50 for 3 oz of Blue Ghost, the choice was easy. And the ink looks awesome under a black light.

 

I mix the ink formula one vial. Then I take a new vial, put 2 mls of water and then add 3 mls of ink. Shake and then fill the cartridge.

Edited April 19, 2015 by aj3537