Probably a strange question, but for you Blurple lovers...how (if at all) do you measure?

I realized I "sort of measure" when mixing. With an empty bottle/jar/well/other vessel, I'll eyeball it. "Yeah...that's about half(-ish)..." For a container already containing Blurple, I'll typically count x dropperfuls of Violet, and x dropperfuls of Florida Blue. Of course, each dropperful varies. If I know the last batch in that jar was a little blue for my tastes, I'll add an extra half-dropperful of Violet on the next top-off.

Sure, my batches vary this way, but I kind of enjoy that aspect. So...are you an eyeballer, a semi-measurer, or a strict syringe scientist? (Told you it was a strange question!)

~~King

I do my mixes in a wine glass and then behave myself as a wine taster (save the drinking part). If it feels like I need blue, I drop more blue. If it feels too much blue, I add more purple. I play with it until it satisfies me completely. I use measurments only to get close to the point of looking at it. The only consitency that I have is the feeling of joy with the result.

When I mix up my blurple, I use an old 120ml Parker ink jar. I mix a full bottle of both waterman purple and blue together and then titrate the mixture with blue until I get the shade I like. I typically use any old blue for this part. Last time I used the remnants of a bottle of Lake Placid blue that I had left over.

Thanks for the tip! I haven't played around with mixing ink colours before but liked the sound of blurple. Made my first batch today - great colour. Looks like being my new favourite colour ink.

Hey, I also want to try it...Can you post any picture of your mix?

I don't need to do any mixing at all. When I want a purplish blue ink, I simply go to Fahrney's and buy a bottle of Aurora Blue!

I take a bottle of WM blue, a bottle of WM purple, dump both of them in a glass measuring cup. Mix, and pour back into the bottles. One goes to me, one goes to Rebecca.

I used to be a fan of Aurora Blue, but for some reason this mix is more pleasing to my eye.

I use measuring spoons or a measuring cup and try to get exact proportions for the shade I like.

My method comes from a combination of suggestions here on the FPN.
I test-mix by counting drops into an East Asian dumpling dip dish (three drops at a time each time I add a component color), swirl it around with a dip pen, use the result to write the ratio of components, and run a smear to the end of line to see how "wetter" and "drier" lines of that mixture look.
Once I get the color I want, I convert the ratio to enough milliliters for the size of the batch I want and mix it.
For batch mixing, I use cheap, disposable, graduated pipettes. I have been able to clean them out and re-use them (ammonia water and plain water), so they haven't been thrown away yet.

i buy one bottle of waterman's florida blue and one bottle of waterman's violet. i empty both bottles into a glass pitcher. i use a wooden paint stick to whirl the inks around so they can blend. once blended--color is even throughout the pitcher-- i empty the contents of the pitcher into the two bottles. i label them--way to go--2 bottles of burple--or richard binder's faux tanzinite.

I'm thinking about just putting my pseudo-blurple (which will be a bit purple heavy) into my Netto so I can free up some Waterman bottles.

When you say that it will be a bit purple heavy, are you saying that you used a 50/50 mix, or a mix in which Purple ink was greater than 50 percent?

How would you describe the difference in color between Blurple and Aurora Blue?

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It's a neat color...glad you like it!! Sometimes I make it heavier in purple, sometimes heavier in blue. I like most variations of it pretty well.

Its behavior is kinda neat, too. In dry, fine writers, it tends to look like a pale-ish, understated (but still rich) purple, and in wide, wet nibs I get a nice deep, saturated, rich royal color. Not too "girly" in the traditional sense of purple, either. And it's professional enough for all but the most formal of circumstances. :-)

To me, it behaves better than Tanzanite, and tends to be a little lighter and a little less blue.

Have fun!!

~~King

I loved the color of PR Tanzinite but hated the ink. I mix exactly 50/50 Waterman Purple and Florida Blue and then test it against PR Tanzinite I adjust the color until it looks exactly like Tanzinite.

I was running out of blue, so I put all the blue in the plastic nalgene bottle I was using for mixing. That was 3-1/2 droppers full (BIG droppers). However, when I put the purple in, there was only room for three droppers full, so it wound up being slightly blue heavy. Now I'm out of Waterman Florida blue (which is okay with me -- it's not a daily ink for me).

anyone tried the Purple and South Seas Blue? That's my next mix.

I usually mix directly into a converter or used cartridge, using syringe with needle, But I think I'm gonna use an empty bottle if the mixture is right. The problem is that I get bored with ink color after using only one cartridge...


cheers,
Nenad

I tried 2:1:1 WM purple: WM blue-black: WM South Seas Blue. Pretty colour, though a bit lighter than what I usually use, so I may add just a smidge of black next time. Or perhaps not - it is perfectly useable as it is. We shall have to see what mood I am in the next time I am mixing.

I mix mine two parts blue to one part purple and use a syringe to fill the bottle.