Looking For A Blackish Brown Recipe

[jptech]

I am new here and I've just started using fountain pens.

 

I will be getting a Lamy vista for Christmas as well as a bottle of Noodler's Zhivago and a Noodler's nib creaper flex.

 

I currently have a platinum preppy and a bottle of Noodler's HoD as well as a bottle of Diamine Chocolate Brown.

 

Has anyone attempted mixing any of these three together? Are there good results? Will I be the first? What I'm going for is used motor oil.

 

I want it to be dirty and dark. I also have future ideas involving Noodler's Lex Grey and Antietam.

[Ted A]

Here's a link to some similar mixes The Cuban brown looks like it would be a start toward something like what you are looking for.

 

I think the Waterman Brown would not be as dark as the Chocolate Brown and has a bit more red in it. The HOD would almost certainly be a lot darker than the Waterman. It does not take very much HOD to darken things way up.

 

Experiment and see what happens. And be sure to do small quantities so you won't have to throw out a lot of ink if something goes wrong.

 

Good luck and post your results.

[Biber]

Careful mixing browns and blacks. From experience, the yellow component in the brown will combine with the blue component so often found in black and lend a distinctly green hue to your concoction. By all means do a search for "motor oil", you'll surely get a couple of good suggestions, Noodler's El Lawrence most notably (but then again that's a "green" ink).

[Zvatch]

I too have been looking for a dark black-brown, or "warm black". I would like it to almost pass as black if you're not looking closely, but still be warm and rich looking.

I tried D'Atramentis Black-Brown, but it was too purple for my taste.

Noodler's Walnut is very nice, but lacks a certain redness, which I am partial to.

I am somewhat caught between using Private Reserve Chocolat and Diamine Chocolate Brown. The main difference between the two is that the Diamine is less saturated, and perhaps slightly less on the red side. I found that 2 parts brown and 1 part black was a subtle balance. I will continue to experiment with these as the brown component.

As for the black component, I am at square 1. What makes a black ink good for mixing in this case?

I hope this is helpful, and I hope someone else can shed some light on my predicament as well.

[NobleDel]

I too have been looking for a dark black-brown, or "warm black". I would like it to almost pass as black if you're not looking closely, but still be warm and rich looking.

I tried D'Atramentis Black-Brown, but it was too purple for my taste.

Noodler's Walnut is very nice, but lacks a certain redness, which I am partial to.

I am somewhat caught between using Private Reserve Chocolat and Diamine Chocolate Brown. The main difference between the two is that the Diamine is less saturated, and perhaps slightly less on the red side. I found that 2 parts brown and 1 part black was a subtle balance. I will continue to experiment with these as the brown component.

As for the black component, I am at square 1. What makes a black ink good for mixing in this case?

I hope this is helpful, and I hope someone else can shed some light on my predicament as well.

Have you looked at Franklin-Christoph Dark Chocolate?

[Husar]

Try Rohrer und Klingner Sepia. I'm sure than you will like that ink.