Printmaking Supplies: Akua-Kolor Inks

In order to maintain this integrity in some of the heavier pigments a stainless steel mixing ball is added to the bottle to ease the mixing/shaking of Akua-Kolor. Used for all types of monotypes and monoprints, traditional Japanese or western woodblocks, linocuts and collagraphs. Akua-Kolor rolls or brushes onto the plate beautifully. Akua-Kolor is slow drying with a greasy consistency similar to oil-based inks. Akua-Kolor prints on dry paper and cleans up easily with water. Specially designed Akua-Kolor monotype tools as well as pen ink dispensers are available allowing the printmaker to draw directly on the plate. Unique features of this ink set it apart from any water-based ink you have previously experienced.

Akua-Kolor Features:

• Roll up capability using brayers and inking rollers.
• By working small amounts of tack thickener into the ink on an ink mixing slab you can create viscosity comparable to oil-based ink.
• You may then layer colors on the monotype plate with the brayer to create deep richness.
• Bartering can be combined with brushwork, needle applicators and monotype marker pens on the same plate.
• Printing on dry paper will save the artist / printer the steps of paper soaking and pressing.
  We recommend the .030 monotype plate for this application.

Akua-Kolor Ink Kits (Save 10%)

Supplied with primary colors and modifiers. Great starter kits for monotype and wood block and linocut printing.

Akua-Kolor Primary Color Set

Item #50075:
Akua-Kolor Kit #1 Primary Color Set
Includes 4 oz. bottles of all 4 Modifiers and 4 colors, Retarder, Blending Medium, Tack Thickener, Extender, Hansa Yellow, Crimson Red, Phthalo Blue and Jet Black.

Item #50076:

Akua-Kolor Standard Color Set

Akua-Kolor Kit #2 Standard Color Set
Supplied with everything in Kit #1 plus 8 additional colors. Includes:
4 oz. bottles of all 4 Modifiers and 12 colors, Retarder, Blending Medium, Tack Thickener, Extender, Hansa Yellow, Diarylide Yellow, Pyrolle Orange, Crimson Red, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue, Phthalo Green Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Jet Black and Titanium White.

Item #50077:

Akua-Kolor Process Color Set

Akua-Kolor Kit #3 Process Color Set
Create nearly any color when printing overlays with these four transparent light-fast pigments. Includes 4 oz. bottles of Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Red, Phthalo Blue Green, Lamp Black, Retarder, Blending Medium, Tack Thickener, and Extender.

Item #50078:

Akua-Kolor Professional Color Set

Akua-Kolor Kit #4 Professional Color Set
Includes 4 oz. bottles of all 22 colors shown below and 5 modifiers
Retarder, Blending Medium, Tack Thickener, Release Agent, and Extender.

Akua-Kolor Individual Inks in 4 oz. Bottles

Item #		Akua-Kolor	Color Index	Character
50001		Lemon Yellow	PY3	semi-transparent
50002		Hansa Yellow	PY74	intense
50003		Diarylide Yellow	PY83	intense
50025		Pyrolle Orange	PO5	intense
50005		Scarlet Red	PR166	intense
50006		Crimson Red	PR170	intense
50007		Quinacridone Red	PV19	semi-transparent
50008		Quinacridone Violet	PV19	intense
50009		Ultramarine Blue	PB29	transparent
50010		Phthalo Blue	PB15	intense
50011		Phthalo Blue Green	PG15:3	intense
50012		Phthalo Green Yellow	PG36	intense
50013		Phthalo Green Blue	PG7	intense
50015		Yellow Ochre (includes mixing ball)	PY42	intense
50017		Burnt Sienna (includes mixing ball)	PBR7	semi-transparent
50018		Red Oxide (includes mixing ball)	PR101	semi-transparent
50019		Brown Oxide (includes mixing ball)	PBR6I	semi-transparent
50020		Burnt Umber (includes mixing ball)	PBR7	semi-transparent
50021		Raw Umber (includes mixing ball)	PBR7	semi-transparent
50022		Lamp Black	PBLK7	semi-transparent
50023		Jet Black	PBLK7	intense
50024		Titanium White(includes mixing ball)	PW6	semi-transparent