O.T. How to mix yellow, cyan, magenta refill ink to get black/brown?

[hrhofmann]

I have a lot of extra yellow, cyan, and magenta ink left over from refilling inkjet cartridges. Any idea of the proportions of each I should mix to get brown/black ink?

[mm]

There a better ng for this I think.

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But comp.periphs.printers is still pretty busy.

[ransley]

I dont think you can all you will get is a mess, Black is black , google making brown paint. cyan and magenta are in the blue range but have at it.

[Jeff The Drunk]

If equal parts doesn't do it nothing will.

[David McGough]

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[norminn]

I've done fabric dyeing using similar base colors but I'm sure the pigments are different. In my color samples, I have a nice reddish brown that uses 1 part yellow, 7 parts cyan and 12 parts magenta.

With ink, I'd start with a few drops of yellow, add magenta a drop at a time to get a medium orange, and then try adding the cyan. Count drops for each and then multiply.

[hrhofmann]

This is the best suggestion, I'll try it using / counting drops. I'll mix in some real black if it looks too bad. I just hatre to throw away half-full bottles of colored ink that I won't use because I bought too much as part of a package.