Mb Orange And Mb Yellow, Tips To Make Them Look Better.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Outside a failure as real 'noobie' with Pelikan Royal Blue and Pelikan Black...trying to make BB, I've done no ink mixing.............normally thinking I can find what ever I need.

 

These two MB Orange and MB Yellow, ....just lay there. So I need tips to make them look better.(I have an old '90's Pelikan orange cartridge or three that impressed me. Edelstein Mandarin didn't impress me at all....and didn't even shade.

The new Kaweco Orange was less than what I saw in reviews....and I do have fairly good papers.)

I like my Apache Sunset, don't think I need a match for that.

 

The orange that has interested me was Herbin India Orange; but none jumped out of the dark alley with a club when I came by. I've not gone online...in that could develop to a bad habit.....when one is living in the Golden Age of Inks.

 

The MB orange is rather boring.....when I took my first filling....well my pen was a hair dirty, and I thought...wonderful. No idea what 'empty' ink was in the pen.

Then looking at reviews realized I'd lucked into having better a slight tad dirty, than I had.

I'm willing to listen to anything that can put some snap into that ink.

 

The MB yellow, is just that and is too light. I don't even know which color paper would make it better, if any.

Something to mimic Sheaffer King's Gold***, (nice shading) """which has 'has amber/caramel hints to it'""...Have Kaweco Carmel.

 

*** part of the triple holy grail, I'd guess,... King's Gold, Parker Sapphire, and MB Racing Green.

I've no need of a highlighter.

 

 

I have more hope for orange than for yellow.

 

 

My wife was passing my B&M and decided to buy me some inks on the spur of the moment, and is not a fountain pen person. The inks are still in boxes, in Cobweb Corner.

[migo984]

I like mixing a small amount of black or purple into my yellow inks but I’m not sure the results are what you’re looking for. You could try mixing the yellow with Mb Toffee Brown.

 

I just experiment until I like the results of a mix, especially if it’s an unused ink, as it doesn’t really matter if you have a few failures. I only mix a few ml at a time.

 

I agree about the Mb Orange. It has a very flat finish. An almost plasticky look. I’d add black or blue-black, in very small amounts, to that as well.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Thank you, I'd never thought of adding toffee....perhaps I'll try some MB sepia also, for the yellow.

 

Tansinite, 4001 BB or which other?....I must have 5 or so more.

Which purple??? Have 7-8 of them too.

 

I'll have to block some time, clean some sample containers...etc.

[Chrissy]

If you also have some Montblanc Royal Blue, and some Montblanc Black (preferably both older versions) Then why not try this recipe with the Golden Yellow:
4.0 parts MB Royal Blue,

4.2 parts MB Golden Yellow,

0.8 parts MB Black

 

and make your own Montblanc Racing Green?

Be very careful when adding the black. A drop at a time works best. :-)

[Bo Bo Olson]

I have Pelikan Royal Blue, DA Royal Blue.

The only black I have is 4001.

 

Racing Green! Now that's something to try!!!

 

Back a decade ago, all things by MB was hated....the advice was toss any MB ink, keep the bottle. (As 'noobie' one believes the oddest things.) Toss Racing Green first.

I had a bottle of Racing Green in my hand....but I didn't understand murky then, and had less an idea about shading then.

I even have a MX-5 in metal flake Racing Green.

In I was going to toss the ink, decided to try the brown....MB Sepia.....I know now it wasn't really brown but I'd never tried a 'brown' ink before.....and it was good enough to keep.....and even much later bought a second bottle on the bay.

 

How odd it was, when the worlds most hated ink, Racing Green, became so beloved in less than six months.

Of course I missed out on it.......by the time I did think about it, my B&M was out....and I was too stupid to chase it on the bay.

Edited April 17, 2018 by Bo Bo Olson