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I'd like to show those without actual experience a little sample of what kind of special attributes the multi-component mixture known as Black Flame Colorant has in it's favor.
Many times people have asked; "Can't I just color-match the colorant?" or even; "Can't I just use any neutral Grey to shade Silver Fire?"
Bluntly put.....no.
As is also the case concerning the diluted and blended composition of the Reflective / Viscosity Mix, the Colorant mix is designed using specific Acrylic Tints that are diluted so that the individual particals remain....well, individual.
Digital projection consists of distinctly separate frequencies of light. Some are decidedly more intense than others. Certainly there are noticeable differences in reflectivity among them. All have specific properties that determine how light will reflect.
One special attribute of Silver Fire is that it can and does maintain a level of reflective gain that is disproportionately higher in relation to the degree of attenuation that the darkness of a given Grey shade would normally present. When combined with a balance obtained via the overt reflective properties of the basic Silver Fire mix, the end result is a deeply translucent, reflective surface that diffuses light, refracts a degree of the incoming light into the surface to increase viewing cone despite achieved gain, and deepens Black Levels to a degree that is greater than any resulting attenuation of the lighter spectrum s of reflective light.
That makes the whole concept something quite remarkable.....a statement proven out for some time now.
But still, most do not realize the overall importance that the Colorant plays in creating the various darker iterations of Silver Fire
With the newest formula, using the latest chosen "at large" Tints, a properly measured and mixed Colorant shows to be a very dark Brown color, much akin to a dirty Motor Oil. This is because light passing into the colorant mixture is being reflected by all the individual tint particles, but even diluted as they are, they exist in a state that crowds them much closer together. So the various shades of reflected light combine to produce a decidedly Brown color.
Anyone who ever mixed Water colors together knows how mixing RGBY together achieves a dark Brown....mess.
The above is the remains of what was a 448 oz batch of Black Flame Colorant.
Just below is the same Colorant with a very Intense bright Light directed upon it.
Under intense light the Colorant has a most definitely "Brown" in appearance....yes?
Yet once it is further diluted....as in the following "linked to" case by rinsing the Bucket out with water.....suddenly the color becomes a very dark, but Neutral Grey.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums...olorant Dump Video_mpeg2video_zpsb7vv3b8y.mp4
.............leaving what can only be described as a Grey residue.
I often relate that what makes Silver Fire the special application it is is the balanced aspect that exists between the metallic content (...and what types are used....) , the viscosity elements, and the special Colorant interaction.
I'll be glad to entertain comments and questions, and hopefully see a few testimonials from other Members as to their own experiences when mixing and adding Colorant.
Many times people have asked; "Can't I just color-match the colorant?" or even; "Can't I just use any neutral Grey to shade Silver Fire?"
Bluntly put.....no.
As is also the case concerning the diluted and blended composition of the Reflective / Viscosity Mix, the Colorant mix is designed using specific Acrylic Tints that are diluted so that the individual particals remain....well, individual.
Digital projection consists of distinctly separate frequencies of light. Some are decidedly more intense than others. Certainly there are noticeable differences in reflectivity among them. All have specific properties that determine how light will reflect.
One special attribute of Silver Fire is that it can and does maintain a level of reflective gain that is disproportionately higher in relation to the degree of attenuation that the darkness of a given Grey shade would normally present. When combined with a balance obtained via the overt reflective properties of the basic Silver Fire mix, the end result is a deeply translucent, reflective surface that diffuses light, refracts a degree of the incoming light into the surface to increase viewing cone despite achieved gain, and deepens Black Levels to a degree that is greater than any resulting attenuation of the lighter spectrum s of reflective light.
That makes the whole concept something quite remarkable.....a statement proven out for some time now.
But still, most do not realize the overall importance that the Colorant plays in creating the various darker iterations of Silver Fire
With the newest formula, using the latest chosen "at large" Tints, a properly measured and mixed Colorant shows to be a very dark Brown color, much akin to a dirty Motor Oil. This is because light passing into the colorant mixture is being reflected by all the individual tint particles, but even diluted as they are, they exist in a state that crowds them much closer together. So the various shades of reflected light combine to produce a decidedly Brown color.
Anyone who ever mixed Water colors together knows how mixing RGBY together achieves a dark Brown....mess.
The above is the remains of what was a 448 oz batch of Black Flame Colorant.
Just below is the same Colorant with a very Intense bright Light directed upon it.
Under intense light the Colorant has a most definitely "Brown" in appearance....yes?
Yet once it is further diluted....as in the following "linked to" case by rinsing the Bucket out with water.....suddenly the color becomes a very dark, but Neutral Grey.
http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums...olorant Dump Video_mpeg2video_zpsb7vv3b8y.mp4
.............leaving what can only be described as a Grey residue.
I often relate that what makes Silver Fire the special application it is is the balanced aspect that exists between the metallic content (...and what types are used....) , the viscosity elements, and the special Colorant interaction.
I'll be glad to entertain comments and questions, and hopefully see a few testimonials from other Members as to their own experiences when mixing and adding Colorant.
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