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Indian Ink

 Extra, Materials and Techniques

Indian ink was invented by the Chinese (who later traded it to India) while the Europeans were still playing with rocks in the neolithic age. The ink’s black colour comes from lampblack, traditionally made from the fine, sooty residue from oil lamps. It’s essentially a…
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