An Ink Similar To A Caucasian Flesh Tone?

[Aysun]

I do work as a professional mermaid and I am working on writing a book that goes with my character.

 

I am writing the whole thing out in calligraphy and I also plan on doing the illustrations with fountain pen ink.

 

I will be using a few other mediums here and there, but where I can I intend to use ink.

 

Therein lies the question: does anyone know of a fountain pen ink that is similar to a light Caucasian flesh tone?

 

I am a little doubtful if one exists, as it would likely not be useful for writing, but if anyone would know, you guys would.

[chromantic]

You might take a look at Herbin Rouille D'ancre.

[dcwaites]

Hmm, Herbin Rouille D'ancre looks more like British Light Caucasian (ie. Sunburnt Pom) on Bondi Beach after a bright, sunshiny day.

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LeovZkix47k/UWqSZfCeumI/AAAAAAAAAN4/zwclSrM2n_4/s1600/article-1194664-056E9C72000005DC-0_468x425.jpg

 

Maybe not the desired effect...

 

Perhaps Noodler's Whiteness of the Whale with a bit of the Rouille D'ancre or any other light red or pinky ink mixed in.

[LizB]

Diamine Coral has the right sort of mix of pinks and yellow, but is too bright, and probably too pink. Maybe diluted?

 

Diluted Diamine Burnt Sienna?

 

I suspect you will need to mix one.

Edited February 12, 2017 by LizB

[Ghost Plane]

Ochre? There's a Kobe variant.

[Ink Stained Wretch]

"Caucasian" is a whole lot of tones. And "light Caucasian" hardly narrows it down.

 

And a "light Caucasian" standing in strong sunlight for more than 15 minutes or so will have a different skin tone right away, and then another skin tone a couple of days later.

 

Depending on your use for this ink color you may discover that the target moves rather too much.

[Joane]

Another vote for Rouille d'ancre. It comes out lighter than it looks in some photos. It was my first thought and I see others zeroed in on it too.

[Ghost Plane]

My bottle is a flamingo pink, so maybe the batches changed.

[Tas]

Hmm, Herbin Rouille D'ancre looks more like British Light Caucasian (ie. Sunburnt Pom) on Bondi Beach after a bright, sunshiny day.

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LeovZkix47k/UWqSZfCeumI/AAAAAAAAAN4/zwclSrM2n_4/s1600/article-1194664-056E9C72000005DC-0_468x425.jpg

 

Maybe not the desired effect...

 

Perhaps Noodler's Whiteness of the Whale with a bit of the Rouille D'ancre or any other light red or pinky ink mixed in.

 

[ParkerDuofold]

Another vote for Rouille d'ancre. It comes out lighter than it looks in some photos. It was my first thought and I see others zeroed in on it too.

+ 1... also consider diluting it a little if you think it's too deep.

 

Another color to consider is Diamine Peach.

 

Good Luck.

 

- Anthony

 

PS: If you dilute any inks, USE ONLY DISTILLED WATER.

Edited February 12, 2017 by ParkerDuofold

[LizEF]

When painting, alizarin crimson mixed with lime or pthalo yellow green will make flesh tones - add white to get the shade you want. Purple would be used for shadows. I don't know that ink mixing works the same way, but there it is, fwiw.

[CrispyBacon_87]

I'm sorry, but this thread has me cracking up. I read "i work as a professional mermaid" the then scrolled down and saw sunburn man at the beach.... One ugly mermaid!

[Manalto]

And then there was the inevitable, tiresome comment (I'm not mentioning any names) who emphasized that Caucasians come in a variety of skin tones, as if no one had ever noticed.

 

I agree, Aysun, that your typical, average Caucasian skin-tone-colored ink might not be good for writing. It wouldn't stand out with enough contrast against the page. What is the purpose of choosing this color?

Edited February 12, 2017 by Manalto

[Aysun]

The purpose of choosing that color would be for the skintone bits of characters in the margin art and illustrations.

 

Any color chosen would inevitably end up diluted to some extent.

 

If all else fails, I can (and probably will end up) doing something else for those parts.

[Manalto]

I misunderstood, I thought you wanted the skintone for text. It could work as art, definitely, especially with darker colors or shading to give it contrast.

 

Your project sounds interesting. I hope you'll post here about it as your work progresses.

[Cryptos]

At first I was struck by the bizarre thread title. Then I reasoned that it was probably an artist making a request. Then I read the OP and all the bizarre feelings swept back in. I think this thread may just take the prize for most surreal. Well done!

 

As for the request. There may be some peach coloured inks out there - or similar -that would work if diluted or overlaid on another colour?

[pen2paper]

Thinking mixtures like LizEF, unless you're looking for transparency which could then be artist's watercolors.

 

IF they are compatible with Noodler's White Whale, a mix of Noodler's Bulletproof series might work. I use Luxury Blue which is anything but transparent.

Perhaps someone here with these inks could play skin tone mixologist?

[Manalto]

Maybe it would help to post a photo of a skin tone you'd like to approximate? I'm thinking everything Caucasian from Nicole Kidman to Dev Patel. (thanks to that wonderful movie they were in together)

Edited February 13, 2017 by Manalto

[amberleadavis]

I think I'd do something along the lines of CYMK. Since you want light inks, you might consider Toucan inks. Here is a mix that I made.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2015-Inklings/slides/2015-Ink_0071.jpg

[Ink Stained Wretch]

I think I'd do something along the lines of CYMK. Since you want light inks, you might consider Toucan inks. Here is a mix that I made.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2015-Inklings/slides/2015-Ink_0071.jpg

 

On my monitor the above is coming across as a sort of pumpkin color, definitely orangy, which I suppose is within the "Caucasian" range. Oh, maybe I'd better stop here .