Private Reserve's Sherwood Green is my favorite green. It's performance is acceptable in all my pens, but - as other FPN members have noted - it can be pretty slow-drying and smeary on a lot of papers. So I'm attempting to duplicate the color with inks I have on hand.

I have Sheaffer Green [in the bottle]. It's a beautiful color - a sort of bluish-green turquoise - but nothing like Sherwood. This morning I mixed 2 parts Sheaffer Green with 1 part PR Shoreline Gold. The result is very close to Sherwood Green, but not quite as deep and rich - but almost. I'm afraid that if I add more Shoreline, it will become too light and if I add more Sheaffer Green, it will become bluish. I'm thinking of adding a tiny bit of Sheaffer black - which might ruin it.

I'm going to do some more experimenting tomorrow. In the meantime, if any of you have an opinion about adding the black - or any other opinions, please post your suggestions.

Judybug

What Sheaffer Green are you using? Is it the new stuff or some of the older Skrip ink?
I've been a jet black user for years, ok decades, now I am using older Sheaffer and Noodles. I recently got a bottle of Sheaffer Skrip, Emerald Green, in the old yellow box. First non-black I've used in years, I like it, but think it is a bit lighter/paler than I had thought it would be.

I'm interested in trying PR or maybe try to mix a color or two like you are trying. I'll beinterested to see what your results are.

Good Luck

I'm using the new Sheaffer Green in the bottle that says "Slovenia" on the bottom. It is very different from Sheaffer Green cartridges that I have used. The cartridges I've used are a true green whereas the Sheaffer/Slovenia bottle green is a blue/green turquoise. I have several bottles of Private Reserve ink and Sherwood Green is the only one that smears. On some papers, it does fine with no smearing once it's dry - but on other papers, it smears no matter how long it dries.

In an oil painting class I took once, we were taught to make a leaf green by mixing a tiny bit of black with yellow. Of course, what works with oil paint may not work with ink - but I'm going to try a tiny bit of black in the mixture tomorrow. I'm too tired to be a mad ink scientist tonight.

Judybug