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What is India Ink and what is its function?
India ink is some black ink used for printing,writing, and drawing.
Which country invented ink?
Many ancient cultures had ink that was used for writing. The oldest empires to use ink were China and India.
What colour ink do the president of India use?
GREEN
What is squid ink used for today?
writing, like all ink
What country does India ink come from?
India ink is a black writing and printing ink that has been around since the 4th century BCE. It originated in India and is still most common there.
Where was Indian ink made?
Chinese are known to be the first people to use and invent ink. Ink was invented by the Chinese in the 18th Century BC. The first known ink that was used in China was from natural plant dye, animal and mineral inks... India only started using ink in the 4th century BC. The oldest known variety of ink is Chinese Brush Ink which is still used in modern time and Japan and India started using it for writing with small brushes instead of pens. The ink used in early India since at least the 4th century BC was called masi, which was an admixture of several chemical components
What ink is used for?
it is used for writing and artist for painting and designing
How do you thicken India ink?
To thicken India ink a person can use a little bit of talcum powder. India ink that is to be used for a tattoo should not be thickened using this method. This method is only to be used for fabric and other printing.
Is red ink unprofessional?
Red ink is normally used when correcting text and not in writing original text.
Why is India ink called India ink?
India ink has been used in India since at least the 4th century BC. Indian documents written in Kharosthi with this ink have been unearthed in as far as Xinjiang, China. The practice of writing with ink and a sharp-pointed needle was common practice since antiquity in South India. Several ancient Buddhist and Jain scripts in India were also compiled in ink. In India, the carbon black from which India ink is formulated was obtained indigenously by burning bones, tar, pitch and other substances.[5] Mark Gottsegen argues however that India ink was first invented in China, although he attributes the source of the carbon pigment used in the ink to India.[6] He states that the traditional Chinese method of making the ink was to grind a mixture of hide glue, carbon black, lampblack, and bone black pigment with a pestle and mortar before pouring it into a ceramic dish where it could dry.[6] In order to use the dry mixture, a wet brush would be applied until it reliquified.[6] Joseph A. Smith also argues that India ink was first invented in China, but used lampblack, carbon black, and bone black that originated in India.[7] Michael and Mary Woods assert that the process of making India ink was known in China as far back as the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, during Neolithic China.[8] However E-tu Zen Sun and Shiou-chuan Sun states that India ink was first used in China by Wei Dan (also known as Wei Zhongjiang) of the Cao Wei state (220-265 AD).[9] Historically the ink used in China were in the form of ink sticks made of lampblack and animal glue. The Chinese had used India ink derived from pine soot prior to the 11th century AD, when the polymath official Shen Kuo (1031-1095) of the mid Song Dynasty became troubled bydeforestation (due to the demands of charcoal for the iron industry) and desired making ink from a source other than pine soot. He believed that petroleum (which the Chinese called 'rock oil') was produced inexhaustibly within the earth and so decided to make an ink from the soot of burning petroleum, which the later pharmacologist Li Shizhen (1518-1593) wrote was as lustrous as lacquer and was superior to pine soot ink {From Wikipedia}
Is black magic ink the same as India ink?
is black magic ink the same as India ink
Does the word ink refer to drugs?
No, the word "ink" typically refers to the liquid used for writing or printing. It does not refer to drugs.
