Re: Tricolor Gum Question

[Loris Medici <mail@loris.medici.name>]

Hi Henk,

My theory would be: IME, first layers tend to adhere/cling to the
support better than later ones, so, when you have put M in the first
place, you got a stronger Magenta color because more magenta remained
on the paper. (If you buy that! That's all that comes into my mind...)

BTW, you have a nice Yellow there; doesn't haze the image. Which Yellow is that?

Regards,
Loris.


2009/8/21 Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>:
> Henk, this is interesting, though puzzling to me.  Yes, I've printed in
> different orders and the order of printing hasn't made any difference in the
> print itself, as long as I've used transparent pigments for each of the
> colors, so I can't explain this.  (And the effect of opaque pigments
> manifests, IME, as a graininess, coarseness or cloudiness in the image
> rather than a difference in the color balance per se, so I don't think
> opacity v transparency is an issue here).   Thanks for sharing, I'll have to
> think about this.  What are your pigments?
>
> Nice print, by the way.
> katharine
>
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> On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:09 AM, henk thijs wrote:
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>> Dear List,
>> I made two tri-color gum prints from the same negs, with the same pigments
>> and  the same paper, just a different order:
>> Normally i start with Yellow, Magenta and Cyan, and just repeat the
>> process if i feel to do so.
>> When making this print, the Magenta didn't work for me, so i started with
>> Magenta, followed by Cyan and Yellow.
>> I was astonished with the big difference.
>> The Y,M,C :
>>
>> http://www.thijs-foto.com/newDESIGN/PARISA.jpg
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>> The M,C,Y :
>>
>> http://www.thijs-foto.com/newDESIGN/PARIS.jpg
>>
>> Even several extra Magenta layers did not changed the result comparable to
>> the M,C,Y one.
>> Just curious if the list had some experience in changing just the order of
>> working.
>>
>> Hope list is still alive ,
>> cheers,
>> Henk
>>
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