Accidental Edelstein Aquamarine Look-Alike?

[stefanv]

I've been wanting a dark blue-green ink for a while, and a little while ago, I came up with the idea of mixing Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue (American Blue would probably also work), Private Reserve Ebony Green, and distilled water. Here's what it looks like, on Rhodia dot paper:

 

http://www.stefanv.com/pens/fpn_photos/supershow-ebony-blue-green.jpg

 

Looking at it in Photoshop's colour picker tool (after colour correcting the image), it seems very slightly on the green side of blue-green. Comparing this to other ink reviews on-line, it looks almost exactly the same as Pelikan Edelstein Aquamarine (in colour, if not in properties). It will be interesting to see how this ink works out for me over the next few weeks.

[amberleadavis]

Stefan, it looks great!

[FPRebel]

Really beautiful!! Please, please update us, and thank you for sharing the recipe!

[stefanv]

Update: The recipe is actually 2 parts DCSSB, 1 part EG, and 4 parts water. When I mixed up the original batch, I used "0.5cc" of DCSSB, "0.5cc" of EG, and "1.5cc" of water, hence 1:1:3. However, measuring 0.5cc (hence the I-don't-really-mean-this quotes above) with a 2.5cc syringe isn't very accurate.

 

When I mixed up a larger batch using 1:1:3, using 5cc of each ink and 15cc of water, it ended up much greener. I tweaked it some more until I had 10cc DCSSB, 5cc EG, and 20cc of water, at which point it looked the same as my sample above.

 

Now I'm tempted to buy a Pelikan M205 Aquamarine pen.

Edited September 1, 2016 by stefanv

[oregano]

Thanks so much for posting this! Edelst n Aquamarine is one of my favorite colors so when the bottle runs out I will know how to make it!

[UDog]

Call it "Serendipity Marine." A great-looking color.

[stefanv]

Call it "Serendipity Marine." A great-looking color.

 

Thanks. I like that name!

[UDog]

I mixed about 3ml of Serendipity Marine using carts. It is positively gorgeous. Thanks, stefanv, for this recipe.