[KCat]

emrecan, on Nov 24 2005, 08:15 AM, said:

Hi,
Is it possible to get a color like PR American Blue at home?

Thanks
Emrecan

well.... depends on what you start with. I had been making a mix for my daughter for a couple of years that was very close to DC Blue. I called it "Royal Blue" for lack of a better description. It was Naples Blue plus Levenger Cobalt. It was, however, ever so slightly greener than DC Blue and my daughter still prefers my mix to the ready-made. :P

Can't recall proportions but I always start with the lightest color and add dark colors by drops; testing all the way.

[Gerry]

Here's the recipes for the Green ink mixes that ElaineB made for me a while ago. Sorry I don't have a working scanner so I can't post samples...

Gerry's Moss Green
2 pts Waterman's Florida Blue
2 pts Waterman's Blue Black
3 pts Noodlers Yellow

Gerry's Pine Green
7 pts Waterman's Blue Black
3 pts Noodlers Yellow

Gerry's Moody Green
6 pts Waterman's Florida Blue
1 pt Waterman's Blue Black
1 pt Noodlers Yellow

They are ordered from lighter to darker in hue, with the last being a Green equivalent of Blue Black in a Blue world - if that makes any sense. :blink:

Gerry

[OldGriz]

http://www.myfavoritepen.com/GreenInk2.jpg

This post has been edited by OldGriz: 25 November 2005 - 07:57 PM

[mikeyp]

i use a color close to gerry indigo, i made mine by dumping all blue, bluebalck, abd black i had toghther lol

[emrecan]

KCat, on Nov 24 2005, 05:05 PM, said:

well.... depends on what you start with. I had been making a mix for my daughter for a couple of years that was very close to DC Blue. I called it "Royal Blue" for lack of a better description. It was Naples Blue plus Levenger Cobalt. It was, however, ever so slightly greener than DC Blue and my daughter still prefers my mix to the ready-made. :P

Can't recall proportions but I always start with the lightest color and add dark colors by drops; testing all the way. [/quote]
Hi Kcat,
Thanks for your reply.I'll be waiting your recipe

Thanks

Emrecan

[Anne-Sophie]

wimg, on Nov 18 2005, 03:51 AM, said:

Place holder for Ink Recipes, as per request by our members...

A request to all of our members with a special interest for ink recipes: please be so kind to search for any ink recipes, and add the links to a reply message in this topic, so that we can make this first post the "article" that will contain them all, for ease of use.

I would appreciate it if the recipes include the original poster´s name, date, and the link to the original thread, so that people could jump there if they want more information. This link shows in the address bar of the browser.
Select it, copy it, click the "http://"-button, paste the link, enter, enter a title for the link in the next window, and press enter again. That´ll do the trick.

TIA, warm regards, Wim

P.S.: Anne-Sophie, thank you for your initial search. I added your thread to this one in the mean time, and I´ll try to sort things out further this weekend.

Thanks Wim,

I was glad to do it. Thank you for making my post a pinned topic.

It is very exiting to see so much posts following the pinned topic.

[woodwindmaster06]

acfrery: Posted on Dec 21 2005, 04:03 PM

My favorite mixtures:

1/2 Montblanc red + 1/2 Sheaffer Gold = nice rich orange
2/3 Private Reserve Copperburst + 1/3 Noodler's Shah's Rose = reddish brown
2/3 Waterman Florida Blue + 1/3 Omas Violet = (kind of) Bleu Royale

Hugs,

Alejandro

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[Kelly]

In my quest to find a wonderful, dark permanent purple, I made my own! I just completed my first attempt at mixing inks and am in love - with the process and the product. I made a very, very small batch to try. I loaded it into my red Esterbrook SJ with a 2668 nib and it's the best of both world's (for me anyway) - the rich, dark unmistakable purple color with the permanence of the LL underneath. The water test and soak were super!! :D Here's the combo:

2 ml of Noodler's Legal Lapis
3 ml of Noodler's Purple

Purple Reign (sic - sorry I can't help it, I'll always associate purple with Prince!) :P

[woodwindmaster06]

Kelley:
Posted: Dec 28 2005, 07:44 PM

waterproof forest green combining 6 parts Noodler's Verdun and 1 part Noodler's Black

http://www.fountainp...?showtopic=6240

LINK ABOVE IN THE PR INK MIXING KIT TOPIC

[krz]

I had a bottle of Montblanc Blue which I don't like that well. With 2 or 3 penloads of Noodler's Black it was brought up to a Blue-Black shade I can use.

[MikeW]

Mixing Mont Blanc and Waterman?

The current issue of Stylus includes an article about a gentlemen that has an incredible collection of pens. He mentions mixing MB and Waterman inks (9:1) for an incredible effect. No specific recipes provided. I presume you start with the blues of each, reds of each, etc... but beyond that? Anyone tried this and results? Other thoughts? Thanks very much for your help!

[roisnoir]

I've had horrible luck finding Skrip burgundy (though I actually found some today - just a few cartridges, though), and as it's my favorite ink color, I've gotten very close.

5 drops PR Burgundy Mist
15 drops PR Purple Haze

It's just a touch warmer than the original - the next batch I make up, I'll double (or triple!) the mist and haze, and add a single drop of something blue.

The color is just a *teeny* bit off. Seriously.

[DanGitlitz]

Montblanc Bluish-Black

I was recently gifted bottles of Montblanc Turquoise and Montblanc black. The turqiouse was too light, so I did a mix of 80% Turqoise and 20% Black and the result is a color that seems a bit like a Swisher's Swishmix Tahitian Pearl. It dries fast and has really nice shading.

[Goodwhiskers]

Viseguy's Noodler's Black + Swishmix Nile Ebony, "a freer-flowing, blacker black," in "inky thoughts," Mar 8 2006, 05:41 AM UTC.

[Visoflex]

Home made sort of Tanzanite.

Looks violet until you put it next to Violet, then it looks blue.

Mixes 2/3 Pelikan Violet, 1/3 Parker Quink Permanent Blue

This post has been edited by Visoflex: 09 March 2006 - 09:13 AM