Pilot 350Ml Ink Mixing

[radellaf]

Being happy, but perhaps a bit foolish, in buying over a liter of Pilot ink in the 350mL bottles:

 

 

I thought I'd see if the mixes would make for anything more interesting:

 

 

And I'm happy to say, since I like purple and burgundy, the experiment is a success.

 

For non-printer people, K=Black ink. All the combinations work. I made up small vials of the dusky purple 2:1 Red:Black and the mostly Red with some Blue-Black (maybe 8:1). I'll let the vials sit for a while before trusting the mixes in fancy pens, but no immediate issues.

 

Edit: That BB+K must have had some red in it. Here's some mixes of those two uncontaminated:

 

Edited March 15, 2018 by radellaf

[Torrilin]

It’s a real pity Pilot doesn’t offer their mixable yellow in bottles.

[amberleadavis]

OMG, this was awesome Thank you for sharing.

[Flaxmoore]

Really wish they'd offer yellow and blue in here, then we'd be close to a giant CMYK set. Pilot BB is my workhorse, I'm getting close to halfway down one of those tanker bottles.

[carlos.q]

Dang! I really like the dark purple resulting from the BB+K mix contaminated with red.

 

Would it be possible for you to run a water resistance test with these mixes?

[aurore]

I haven't mixed it, but let some BB evaporate a bit (about 1/3). Looks great.

[superfly]

From what I see in front of me writing with Diamine's Chopin, I'd say 1:1 BB+K and ~1/10th part of red in it would make a good saturated version of it, waterproof too.

[cattar]

Like that violet on the lower right. Must be some red in it.

Wonder what yellow would go with to make greens and browns.