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InkShift – Mont Blanc Lavender Purple to Royal Blue
 
Just for the fun of it, I occasionally resume my project exploring what happens when you move progressively from one ink colour to another. For now, I'm restricting myself to inks from the same manufacturer - mainly to avoid nasty chemical surprises. My hope is that some of these "inkshifts" result in interesting colours that I can use to write/draw with. And besides... it's just fun to watch one ink colour morph into another one. 
 
Mont Blanc Lavender Purple is a technically ok ink, but has that shade of red-purple that doesn’t really appeal to me. And so I ended up with a bottle that’s been collecting dust in my ink cabinet. Time for a change… I decided to see if I could morph Lavender Purple more toward the blue end of the spectrum, by mixing it with Royal Blue. Maybe there are some interesting combinations in the mix, maybe even a fairly decent violet-blue. Who knows... only one way to find out, and that is to carry out the inkshift experiment.
 
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In the span between the two starting inks more interesting colours appear, that certainly beat the original Lavender Purple (my personal opinion). The 1:1 mix is a blue-purple that looks quite nice. And the mix of 1 part Lavender Purple with 3 parts Royal Blue is my personal favourite: a soft blue-heavy violet that looks really appealing. For me, both of these mixes are a significant improvement to the original Lavender Purple. Another bottle of ink saved from oblivion!
 
I continue to enjoy these ink morphing experiments. Fun adventures in ink-land, and more often than not you are rewarded with a mix that beats the original inks. Fun guaranteed!
 
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Another brilliant Inkshift! Thank you @namrehsnoom :)

 

I didn't start liking the colour until you hit 1LP:2RB, but really like the penultimate version - and would cheerfully use that. At that rate, it may take me a while to use up my equally unloved Lavender Purple though!

 

 

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Thanks @namrehsnoom that was really interesting and I’m glad you have found a solution to your unloved ink, for me the 1:1 was your best blend. I’m feeling the need to stand up for Lavendar purple though as I think it’s a great ink, ultimately my preference amongst MB inks would be for a maroon colour such as Antoine de Exupery or The Petit Prince Rose Burgundy (obviously both disadvantaged by being LE) but I do find LP a very viable alternative and definitely preferable to Amethyst Purple. Maybe it’s because LP was the first bottle of ink that I ever bought that I feel an irrational sentimental attachment to it though?!

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I don't have MB Royal Blue, but I really like MB Lavender Purple.  And now thinking that I should maybe think about getting the Royal Blue, because I really like some of the mixtures, especially when they start leaning more towards the blue end of the spectrum.

Thanks for doing this (my wallet of course is objecting strenuously... :headsmack:).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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@inkstainedruth Royal Blue is a much deeper, darker blue (apologies, I always struggle with ink adjectives!) than I ever imagined it would be, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed once you’ve forgotten the cost! 

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Well, maybe I'll get lucky, like I did with MB Permanent Blue-Black and Encree du Desert, and find a bottle at an estate sale sometime.... :rolleyes:  Both bottles seemed to be almost (if not completely full) and they were a roughly a THIRD of the regular retail price. :bunny01:)

I can't really ever see myself buying a MB pen -- but I do like some of their inks....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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This was awesome!  Thank you for sharing.

 

@PithyProlix I think your quote is very funny!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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