From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 22 Feb 2025 08:57:50 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 21 Feb 2025 18:29:31 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> They must really be more like paints. Ink dyes the paper - it's a   
   >>> subtractive process, hence mix all the colours on an ink-jet printer   
   >>> and you get black. Onto black paper, ink can only make the black   
   >>> darker.   
   >>   
   >> When you apply the ink (or paint) as a layer on the paper, then the   
   >> light has to reflect off that ink before it gets to the paper.   
   >   
   > Ink isn't a layer, it's absorbed by the paper ...   
      
   It adheres to the paper, and covers the paper. Absorption causes some   
   spreading of the inked area, but only partially.   
      
   > ... this conflating of ink and paint ...   
      
   One is a pigment, the other is a dye.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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