Color Sets

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Starter Set

The set includes 4 colors and 3 modifiers in 8oz Jars.
Colors: Hansa Yellow, Crimson Red, Phthalo Blue, Lamp Black

Modifiers: Transparent Base, Mag Mix, Release Agent
7 pc. set

Complete Color Set
Colors: all Akua Intaglio ink colors listed below

Modifiers: Transparent Base, Mag Mix, Release Agent

Individual Colors

Non Toxic water based intaglio ink that cleans up with soap and water.
Sold in 8 oz. jars, Similar to 1 lb. cans.

• 50103 Hansa Yellow Intense IIHY
• 50120 Diarylide Yellow Intense IIDY
• 50109 Yellow Ochre Intense IIYO
• 50124 Metallic Gold - requires release agentIntense IIMG
• 50121 Pyrrolle Orange Intense IIPO
• 50114 Scarlet Red Intense IISR
• 50105 Crimson Red Intense IICR
• 50126 Quinacridone Magenta - Perfect for 4 color process printing.Intense IIQM
• 50115 Carbazole Violet Intense IICV
• 50122 Ultramarine Blue Intense IIUB
• 50107 Phthalo Blue - green shadeIntense IIPB
• 50108 Phthalo Green Intense IIPG
• 50128 Oxide Green - Nice, rich, earthy green.Intense IIOG
• 50110 Red Oxide Intense IIRO
• 50117 Burnt Sienna Semi Transparent IIBS
• 50119 Burnt Umber Semi Transparent IIBU
• 50118 Raw Umber Semi Transparent IIRU
• 50111 Vandyke Brown Intense IIVB
• 50127 Paynes Gray - Beautiful blue gray.Intense IIPA
• 50130 Graphite - The color of pencil. Great for trace monotypes. Intense IIGG
• 50123 Metallic Silver - requires release agentIntense IIMS
• 50101 Carbon Black - Warm Most Popular BlackIntense IICB
• 50102 Lamp Black - blue blacksemi Transparent IILB
• 50129 Mars Faster Drying Black - warm (faster drying) Transparent IIMB
• 50131 Bone Transparent Black - cool (good for tonal ranges) Transparent IIBB
• 50112 Titanium White Transparent IITW
• 50125 Opaque White Opaque IIOW

Ink Modifiers

Transparent Base IITB
Transforms Akua Kolor Ink into intaglio ink or relief ink.
Increases transparency when added to akua intaglio ink. Mag Mix (Ink Stiffener) IIAO - previously called Oil Converter, or Akua Oil
Stiffens Akua Intaglio Ink
Add to Akua Intaglio ink to thicken and add more body to the ink. Use for relief and intaglio plates that require a stiffer ink as well as letterpress and viscosity printing.
mix as needed with Akua Intaglio inks. Clean with soap and water.
Release Agent - looks white in the jar but rolls up clear and colorless. It has a soft, buttery consistency and cleans up with liquid dish detergent.

• Rolled over metalic colors to increase intensity.
• It is required to release akua liquid pigment brushwork from plate to paper when hand-printing monotypes with the pin press.
• It is used for making ghost prints. A ghost print is the second print from a monotype plate that has been inked only one time. It is a lighter version of the same image. By rolling Release Agent over the plate, it helps to transfer the remaining ink off the plate and onto another sheet of paper.
• Release Agent helps soften the metallic ink so it can easily transfer off the plate and onto the paper. Roll akua release agent over the metallic ink that was applied to the plate.

About Akua Intaglio

Made with Soy and Light fast Pigments

Akua Intaglio is a soy based ink made with the same high quality lightfast pigments as Akua Liquid Pigment. It has a thick consistency with minimal water content.

Clean up with soap and water

Akua Intaglio ink cleans up easily with a dry rag followed by soap and water. Inexpensive liquid dish detergent can be used. Never use toxic solvents.agian.

Permanent

Prints can be re-soaked immediately after printing if handled carefully. Once the print is dry, Akua-Intaglio is permanent.

Never Skins or Hardens in the Jar

Ink will never skin or harden in the jar or on the ink slab, so no ink is ever wasted.

Wiping

Akua Wiping Fabric
Akua inks will not dry or harden on this polyester, lint free, long lasting, tarlatan alternative.

Wiping the plate with Akua Intaglio is easier than wiping oil-based ink. Less wiping pressure and time is required.

Wipes nice and clean while the paper picks up the ink efficiently.

Option To Print on Damp or Dry Paper

Choose to print on dry or damp paper according to what may be best suited for your technique. Plates with greater tonal value, deeply bitten or raised surfaces require dampened paper. It may not be necessary to dampen paper for shallow bitten plates with high contrast images. Monotypes print best on dry smooth paper.

Modifying Akua Intaglio Ink For Printmaking Techniques

Reductive Monotype Roll Up

Use right from the jar. Transparent Base is optional.

Additive Monotype Brushwork

Thin with blending medium

Relief (woodblock, lino)

Use right from the jar or add Akua Ink Stiffener or Magnesium Carbonate.

Intaglio / Etching

Use right from the jar or add Akua Ink Stiffener or Magnesium Carbonate.

Drypoint

Use right from the jar. Transparent Base is optional.

Collagraph / Carborundum

Use right from the jar. Transparent Base is optional.

Silk Aquatint

Use right from the jar or thin with Blending Medium. Transparent Base is optional.

Letterpress

Use right from the jar or add Akua Mag Mix and Magnesium Carbonate.