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Hey Everyone!

I was a little determined to come up with an ink the color of my husband's eyes a couple years ago, and I think I succeeded...he has a complex green iris with a golden brown ring around the pupil. I mixed some of the Iroshizuku together, along with water (counting drops from a syringe), and the combination of Shin-ryoku, Ina-ho, and Kiri-same seemed to do the trick! I was even able to get the bleeding edge to show gold-brown, like the ring around his pupil... the last image is a closeup of a swab of the ink on some grainy paper.

 

Thought you all would enjoy...

Matt

 

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Now i kinda want ink the color of my husbands eyes. so i just need some Iroshizuku and a psychiatrist to help me get over my autistic fear of looking in peoples eyes so i know what color to make the ink :lticaptd:

 

that is a cool ink though, and your husband has pretty eyes.

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Wow! That is fantastic! I never thought of trying to match ink to the color of someone's eyes.

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Thanks guys! And it's actually a really pretty color for writing, shows up on many different shades of paper quite well...

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GREAT JOB and very romantic.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On 8/21/2019 at 7:29 PM, RedRinger said:

Hey Everyone!

I was a little determined to come up with an ink the color of my husband's eyes a couple years ago, and I think I succeeded...he has a complex green iris with a golden brown ring around the pupil. I mixed some of the Iroshizuku together, along with water (counting drops from a syringe), and the combination of Shin-ryoku, Ina-ho, and Kiri-same seemed to do the trick! I was even able to get the bleeding edge to show gold-brown, like the ring around his pupil... the last image is a closeup of a swab of the ink on some grainy paper.

 

Thought you all would enjoy...

Matt

 

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fpn_1566440367__img_8883.jpg

 

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Okay, that was pretty cool. Sorry I missed it before!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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