A Self-Made Orange From Two Surplus Inks

[TheDutchGuy]

Had a bottle of Diamine Sunshine Yellow. Really nice, but too yellow not be practical. Note that this ink looks dark-orange in its bottle, but is actually a pale-ish yellow on the page.

 

Had a bottle of Herbin Rouge Caroubier. That's a unique ink. It looks like lemonade: totally red, no other hues, yet completely transparant. Fascinating, but write a full page with it and you'll get dizzy.

 

I fancied a nice kind of yellowish-orange. I could've bought one, but why not use some surplus ink and see what happens? For starters, I mixed these two inks 1:1. Very promising result. The next batch will be 60/40 Yellow/Red.

 

 

 

The images have been taken in daylight and have been edited to resemble the actual look of the ink as closely as I can. Shading depend on the pen (not so much in this wet ECO), but there is some nice sheen. I love it!

[migo984]

What a good idea. The result looks really successful. I’ve got both these inks and don’t use them much so I’ll be giving your mix a try. Thanks.

[TheDutchGuy]

You're welcome! Let me know how it turns out. Personally, I start with the yellow and then add red until you're happy.

[lgsoltek]

Looking quite nice!

[TheDutchGuy]

Thank you! This ink is a keeper! The next batch will be slightly yellower.

[amberleadavis]

Looks good!