Article 1BW40 How ink is made: a voluptuous process revealed in a mouth-watering video

How ink is made: a voluptuous process revealed in a mouth-watering video

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Mark Frauenfelder
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https://youtu.be/Fypi6dAJB8E

Ayun Halliday of Open Culture wrote about this luscious ink-making video.

As depicted above, ink making is as voluptuous a process as making a high end candy bar. Having grown up around the printing floor of a daily newspaper, I know that ink's pungent aroma is the opposite of chocolate-y, but my mouth still started to water. Was it the commercial-ready classical soundtrack or hearing Chief Ink Maker Peter Welfare comparing the pigment's gooey "vehicle" to honey?I won't be dipping my tongue in the ink pot any time soon, but the multistep four color process by which powdered cyan, magenta, yellow, and black hues become press-bound ink proved far more sensual than expected.

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