Any Mixing Suggestions For Using Up This Diamine Grey?

[lgsoltek]

A few months ago I don't know what got to me and I purchased a 30ml bottle of Diamine Grey (possibly after reading some comparison of grey inks and found this one to be the true grey for me). I wrote one or two convertors of it and I wasn't very interested. It's just not exciting and I don't see me using it again.

 

So I am thinking about mixing it with another ink to see if that'll make any fun colours. What colours (or inks) can you suggest that I mix with this grey? I have no idea at all how the colour will change when mixed with a grey ink.

[Beechwood]

My concern would be that you would just end up with 50 shades of grey.

 

Perhaps an ink exchange?

[swanjun]

I once mixed some Diamine Damson with a bland grey (J. Herbin Gris Nuage, I think), and it turned out to be quite pretty.

[A144]

There was a thread not long ago by AllenG about mixing Iro inks.

 

One of my favorite mixes he did was Fuyu-syogun and Yama-budo. I bet you could get something similar with Grey and maybe Diamine Claret.

 

You could probably also make a nice dusty purple if you've got a Diamine purple laying around.

Edited October 1, 2014 by A144

[DanF]

Lots of possibilities for subtle blues, greens, purples, etc. Just try some, small quantities at first.

 

Dan

[amberleadavis]

Check out some of the CYMK threads also, great stuff to be seen.

[Tas]

What other inks do you have?

 

I use Diamine's Grey for mixing all the time. It's fantastic.

[lgsoltek]

Thank you for your ideas! As I have 30+ inks I think there would be quite a lot of possibilities for me. I'm gonna try some in vials and I'll post my findings if they turn out to be nice colours!

 

An ink exchange is a good idea as well but it wouldn't be very practical to exchange only one ink overseas. I'm gonna see if anyone around me is interested in a grey ink...

[A144]

Definitely post some pics of your mixing adventures!

[rudyhou]

it all really depends on what color usually speaks to you when comes to ink color for everyday writing. i suggest you may play with some blues and teals. see if you can toned down their color intensity to get a color shade that is friendlier to the eye. an easy approach to get a night-blue type of color. my personal chosen color to mix with grey is black. as i dislike intense black ink. i much prefer the muted/matted sheen to a black color. rather like deep dark grey or charcoal black. a much easier shade of black to the eye when found on many pages.

[Jackson]

There was a thread not long ago by AllenG about mixing Iro inks.

 

One of my favorite mixes he did was Fuyu-syogun and Yama-budo. I bet you could get something similar with Grey and maybe Diamine Claret.

 

You could probably also make a nice dusty purple if you've got a Diamine purple laying around.

Yes, about 5:1 Grey to Claret will produce what Montblanc Oyster Grey should look like, IMHO...

[kidde]

I recently mixed Onyx and Oxblood and have an eye catching red-black. Ratio is 50% Oxblood - 20% Onyx - 30% H2O. Flows well for me and exhibits no bad behavior. Most definitely not a light ink, but it has a very distinctive look. Even with F nibs it stands out.

I'd say mix up a cc/ml at a time and see what you get.

Keep us posted. Always looking for interesting colors.

 

Paul