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Re: What is actually in Ultrachrome inks?

2005-03-13 by dlruckus

Can't make a dye of anything larger than a molecule of carbon. Get 2
of them and it becomes a clump and -that-- is a pigment.
Duane


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> What is dye made of?  Dye is "a usually soluble substance for
staining or
> colouring" but what substance?  One could make a dye of very finely
ground
> carbon.  A dye could well be the same materials mentioned  by Paul.
 I don't
> think dye or pigment are the right or adequate descriptors here.
> 
> 
> >

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