InkShift - Mont Blanc Royal Blue to Irish Green

[namrehsnoom]

InkShift – Mont Blanc Royal Blue to Irish Green
 
Just for the fun of it, I occasionally resume my project exploring what happens when you move progressively from one ink colour to another. 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. 
 
I recently did a quick InkFlash review of Mont Blanc Irish Green and Royal Blue. For me, both of these are just “meh” colours. Or as the Oxford dictionary states “uninspiring and unexceptional” – but “meh” captures my feeling better. As such, I don’t see myself using these inks too much, and the bottles would just be gathering dust. But here comes the InkShift, were I mix them together and see what comes out. Could be some more interesting colours in there. Who knows… only one way to find out, and that is to do the inkshift experiment.

 

 
In the span between the two starting inks some interesting colours appear, that certainly cater more to my taste than the original bland inks. I particularly like the mix with 75% Royal Blue and 25% Irish Green, which gives a dusty & muted blue that looks real interesting. And the 1:1 mix is also quite nice … more of a murky green-leaning teal. A few interesting combinations, that certainly save these bottles from oblivion.

 

 

 

Above, you can see the progression of the chromas from Royal Blue on the left to Irish Green on the right (with the 75/25, 50/50 and 25/75 mixes in between). 

 

 

 

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!
 

[InesF]

Oh, that's an interesting one!

Thank you for this ink shift experiment. 👍

From the photos, my preference would be the 50/50 mix. I even consider buying MB Blue to pep-up my Irish Green.   

[Penguincollector]

   I like both original colours, and the inbetweeners. My favorites are the 75/25 blue/green, and funny enough, the 25/75 blue/green. 

[jthole]

I prefer the original colors, plus maybe the B75/G25. The others are too much "in between" for me.

[knarflj]

Thanks for this interesting inksperiment.  I think I like all the in-between colours better than either of the originals, though I have enough inks already in this colour range that I doubt I'll be buying these to try the mixes.

[inkstainedruth]

I was actually kind of surprised (when seeing the results) at how much the green seemed to overwhelm the blue even at only 25% green....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[yazeh]

Love all the mixed versions. Primary colors like this are practical for drawing and washes and boring for writing.