... Mixing Advice Needed ...

[TMLee]

I have Sailor Jentle Apricot

 

And the old Sailor Jentle Red Brown.

 

I want the Apricot to be darker , more like Herbin Orange Indien.

What can I mix with the Apricot?

The Red Brown?

Or a green ink like Sailor Epinard?

 

Thanks

[Strang]

I would certainly try a little of the Jentle Red Brown. I have used it (once) for mixing and it was well behaved. You might try mixing a tiny bit in a small container. and leaving it for 24 hours, to see if anything bad happens. But I think you will be just fine. I'd hold off on the Epinard for fear of creating a boring brown. But that's just a hunch based on my own failed mixing experiments.

[amberleadavis]

I have a beloved bottle of Noodler/Swisher Apricot and it was too light for me. First, I added Blue Ghost.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/INK/attachments/2012-07-30-doodle-01.png

[amberleadavis]

Then I added Levenger Cardinal Red (which has been a great mixer).

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/INK/attachments/2012-07-30-doodle-02.png

[TMLee]

Thanks ,

 

what ratio do you recommend mixing the Red Brown with the Apricot ?

 

RB 1 : 2 Apricot ?

 

RB 1 : 3 Apricot ?

 

RB 1 : 4 Apricot ?

[DanF]

Get a small mixing cup - a plastic medicine cup works great, the kind that holds 30 ml of liquid, smaller is fine as well. Put one drop of Red Brown into the cup with an eye dropper or pipette, and start adding Apricot drop by drop until you get what you want. It's best to start with the darker color, as it can sometimes take quite a bit of the lighter one to dilute it to the shade desired. If you don't like the mixture, you have wasted the minimum amount of ink. Record your results. If you have a spare nib lying about that will fit in a dip pen holder, you could use that to do writing samples, as ink will look different from a pen than it does in a swab. Most dip pen nibs will write darker than a fountain pen using the same ink. The Sailor Apricot looks better from a dip pen than it does from the average wetness fountain pen. If you have a really wet pen, you might try it in there, it will be more intense.

 

Dan

[TMLee]

Get a small mixing cup - a plastic medicine cup works great, the kind that holds 30 ml of liquid, smaller is fine as well. Put one drop of Red Brown into the cup with an eye dropper or pipette, and start adding Apricot drop by drop until you get what you want. It's best to start with the darker color, as it can sometimes take quite a bit of the lighter one to dilute it to the shade desired. If you don't like the mixture, you have wasted the minimum amount of ink. Record your results. If you have a spare nib lying about that will fit in a dip pen holder, you could use that to do writing samples, as ink will look different from a pen than it does in a swab. Most dip pen nibs will write darker than a fountain pen using the same ink. The Sailor Apricot looks better from a dip pen than it does from the average wetness fountain pen. If you have a really wet pen, you might try it in there, it will be more intense.

 

Dan

 

Thanks.

 

I am just wondering, what would the resultant shade would become.

Reddish?

 

I am, looking for a darker orange, not so much an 'altered" orange .

[Strang]

Thanks.

 

I am just wondering, what would the resultant shade would become.

Reddish?

 

I am, looking for a darker orange, not so much an 'altered" orange .

 

The Red Brown might not darken the ink as much as addition of a straight brown ink but, if you don't mind adding a fair bit to the Apricot, I think you'll get an agreeable colour.