'nebula Mauve' Mix (Pinkish Purple)

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While preparing my entry for the March ink combo topic – which I haven’t posted nor even finished yet - I had the strange urge to mix 2 of the inks I wanted to submit; Iroshizuku Kosumosu and Monteverde Amethyst. The final mix is a 3-4 to 1 ratio.

 

 

It’s a slightly faded but legible pinkish purple in a fine nib but gets more spectacular from a broader, wet nib or a brush. It gives the feeling that there is some underlying neon pink glowing behind the purple 'layer'.

 

 

The mix has a very - extremely- faint sheen, which seems to combine both original inks’ sheens (both light sheeners; golden for Kosumosu, green for Amethyst)

 

 

(This very little thing is what shows on Tomoe River paper. So there is probably nothing to see on any other papers.)

 

I made the first mix some 2 weeks ago; it didn’t show any sign of problem in a glass bottle, so I made more of it last weekend, and inked a couple of pens with it. So far all is fine.

 

I find the colour lovely, complex, hypnotic and relaxing to write with, so I’m most happy with the experiment.

 

 

 

[amberleadavis]

Very pretty. Thank you.