Waterman Havana (aka Absolute Brown) ‘chromatography’.jpeg

This is a photo of what was left on the kitchen towel when I was wicking plain water through a pen to try to flush out the remnants of its fill of Waterman Havana (aka Absolute Brown).

This is, clearly, not an example of ‘proper’ chromatography, but it does show the preponderance of the magenta/pink dye component in this ink.

I am trying to justify my description of this ink’s colour as ‘maroon’, rather than ‘brown’.