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.

 

[Mags]

Thanks for showing the results of mixing the two inks together.  I am a purist but also known to do one quick flush and then a refill and change colours if I stay with the same ink brand so have had some Frankenstein like colours coming out for the fist page of writing...not always in a good way. 

[inkstainedruth]

I'm not as brave as you would be.  Even if two different colors were from the same brand, there's no guarantee that there wouldn't be some sort of reaction between the chemistry of the two different colors.  And I'm a little OCD when flushing pens to begin with....  Especially when the majority of mine are vintage ones, so often harder to clean out thoroughly.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: I remember the photos someone posted on here a number of years ago, when that person wanted to make the "ideal" blue black ink -- and mixed IIRC Noodler's Black (which I think has a fairly neutral pH) with Noodler's Bay State Blue (which is very alkaline).  And posted photos of the "results" -- and let's just say they weren't pretty.  The writing sample kept alternating between the two inks, and then blended slightly, and then the chemical reaction happened and the ink was coming out in solid chunks!    I felt so bad for the person.  And because of course it had been a LONG time since I'd taken high school chemistry, it was definitely an eye opener....