Olive Green/gold

[Myridium]

I noticed that Diamine Autumn Oak changes its colour gradually after hitting the page. Someone on Reddit suggested it was an Iodine reaction; makes sense seeing as Diamine Autumn Oak pretty much looks like an iodine solution.

 

Anyway, here is an olive green I concocted from Autumn Oak, Evergreen and some Lamy Blue.

 

http://i.imgur.com/ZK6LDBk.jpg

[lgsoltek]

The first time I hear someone's experience matches mine! Indeed Autumn Oak has terrible flow and changes colour as it dries. Actually I really hate the colour before it changes: it has a disgusting green tint to it.

Your mix makes it much prettier than the original colour. Thank you for sharing!

[Myridium]

The first time I hear someone's experience matches mine! Indeed Autumn Oak has terrible flow and changes colour as it dries. Actually I really hate the colour before it changes: it has a disgusting green tint to it.

Your mix makes it much prettier than the original colour. Thank you for sharing!

 

Hmm my Autumn Oak doesn't have a green tint. However, one time I refilled a pen with Autumn Oak after it had Evergreen (I think) and it had a greenish tint to it. I flushed out the pen a second time, very thoroughly, and the tint remained! I was worried that I had tainted the bottle or something.

 

Turns out that the ink left in the cap of the pen was enough to affect the colour. Autumn Oak is a very 'bright' colour I guess in that it doesn't absorb much light. Consequently, even a little bit of another ink is enough to drastically change the colour. So I suggest you check the cap of your pen to see if there's a contaminating ink.

 

Autumn Oak certainly does take a long time to reach its final colour. I found myself concerned at one point because the ink swaps of the bottle did not match an old ink swab I made in the same book. But checking a few hours later, it had finally settled on the same colour.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for sharing.

[Manalto]

Gorgeous! Olive green is a color that's gentle and welcoming. A good one would have some shading, and it looks like your concoction does. If you lived next door I'd ask to borrow a cup of it!