I've been looking for months for a combo that will tone my prints to a similar hue as a PMK stained negative, maybe with not as much saturation but the same hue. Bergs/dyes etc. are out of the question. I've actually tried developing paper with PMK, but it doesn't seem to work...

Amidol might work to a certain degree; I'm waiting for my order right now...but I'm sure it will just be a starting point.

shawn

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), January 23, 2000

Answers

I doubt you will obtain an exact match, but a good chloride paper will give you a greenish cast with Ansco 130 or an Amidol formula (or even good old Dektol). Typically, any formula with potassium bromide will take on a slightly green tinge. I usually tone in selenium to GET RID of the green. I suspect that Ilford MG Warm will give a green hue with an Amidol formula. The old Portriga was the best paper for that, but alas...

-- (edbuffaloe@unblinkingeye.com), January 24, 2000.

Thanks again Ed. I have a whack of Ilford Warmtone FB and as I say I'm awaiting the amidol. Looks like some yucki-green's a comin...yippie.

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), January 24, 2000.

I've always gotten that greenish cast from graded Forte Fortezo developed in Dektol 1:2. Like Ed, I always use selenium to rid my prints of it.

-- Walter Massa (massacam@aol.com), January 28, 2000.

This actually worries me a bit. I always tone in selenium to archive. Can I KEEP the green of these combos with a dilute selenium bath? I guess I'll have to experiment...

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), January 29, 2000.

Yes... highly diluted selenium takes awhile to tone but still works for archival treatment of your paper

-- Walter Massa (massacam@aol.com), January 30, 2000.

Thanks Walter.

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), January 30, 2000.