Yellow Sunset - Robert Oster Signature Ink

[praxim]

Right, I remember when I first read that I thought you were referring to darkening on the paper rather than in the pen.

 

Do many inks do this sort of thing? For some reason I am reminded that Robert also names inks after wines .

[Cyber6]

Right, I remember when I first read that I thought you were referring to darkening on the paper rather than in the pen.

 

Do many inks do this sort of thing? For some reason I am reminded that Robert also names inks after wines .

 

I believe that ALL inks have the capability to darken in the pen... due to evaporation, the main factor would be how tight is the pen cap/seal.

 

The same way when ink cartridges darken with time. I usually have 12-15 pens inked at all time.. and I have noticed this effect on the ones I use not as often. They just happen to remained inked longer.

 

 

C.

[praxim]

Yes, but in four days? Later today I will try scanning some neutral words from that page to show how surprising to me is the difference.

[Cyber6]

Yes, but in four days? Later today I will try scanning some neutral words from that page to show how surprising to me is the difference.

 

 

Yeah.. four days sounds way too fast. Mine was a few weeks.

[praxim]

Here are two samples scribbled in the ink book. They were five days apart, not four. Same pen of course, and not a refill.

 

 

There is more text than shown here, with the differences consistent.

 

In the second image there is also a parenthetic line written in Oster's Green Olive for comparison.

[Old_Inkyhand]

I think it just reacts with the residues of previous inks. Mine used to look very similar to your second sample, but now, after some time and second filling, it looks just fine.

[praxim]

Now I have a new problem.

 

How to get sample two reliably rather than sample one?

[Old_Inkyhand]

Add some blue, perhaps

[praxim]

Too true . Alas, I am not your most colour-sensitive nor patient colour mixer. I sorta kinda hoped it might happen by chance, again and again and again and again.

 

Maybe not.