In school, we did a paper chromatography lab using different sharpie colors. I chose a pink sharpie color and while everyone else's pigments separated, my color just moved up and left a colorless space in between the line that was first drawn and where the solvent(Isopropyl alcohol) traveled. Why is this? Did I do something wrong?

Pink Sharpie - Etsy UK Pink Sharpie - Etsy UK

Today with three basic sets I'm listing. 75847 (no name), Electro and Cosmic - There's colors I want from all three, even tho I don't need all the colors. They all have the same 16 base colors. Mystic Gem has 8 base colors.

For the retired boxes I do not have swatches of the old color names, but I have included what was in each box. Thank you for documenting these 2old2color! Thank you Jason Cospelich for your careful research so I could complete this list. I don't understand how Bic can put actual color names on their markers, but Sharpie, a company known for their color range, cannot do the same. This set contains 48 unique colors. All the colors in this box are available in the 115 count box. It does have a pretty Van Goh design that makes me want to get it. I have specified with on the chart an F for Fine Markers and UF for Ultra Fine markers. So the ONLY sharpies they bother to print their names onto the barrels are OBVIOUS colors that make us shake our head: Gold, Silver, Metallic red, Metallic green.. geez!

Pink Sharpie Marker - Etsy Pink Sharpie Marker - Etsy

For my needs, the 75847 Set, yeah - has NO name is the most useful and to the point color set without using cute fancy names. So there's Lilac, turquoise, almond, etc rather than "martian green, Jupiter Red, Ultra Violet," etc. I made a grid of what had the most useful colors to choose. 75847 also comes with a pouch. Your results sound fine. Your results say that there was only 1 pigment in the pink sharpie marker - or maybe more pigments that traveled together. I won't buy 2-3 sets to end up with duplicates, so spent time mapping out the color differences, coming here to find the missing name/swatches.The Ultimate Collection Boxes are my favorite. They come in beautifully decorated boxes that are easy to display and store all the Sharpies. I may end up getting the 115 count box, taking out the Sharpies in it and putting in all the unique colors to display! I had bought the 80's Glam set and used another marker to write the color on the barrels and then sealed the names with a thin coat of resin. I used that set so much that I used them up while other Sharpies I've had for a few years are still sitting in their various cups. If your ink did not separate, there are a few possibilities. One is that the ink is not a mixture. If there is only a single component, then it cannot separate. Another is that the ink is a mixture, and that all of the components are essentially equally attracted to the solvent and the substrate, in which case they all traveled at the same rate. Running the same experiment with a different solvent may help to clarify which is the case. This set contains 34 unique colors. This box contains many colors that can not be found in the 72 and 115 count boxes. I have specified with on the chart an F for Fine Markers and UF for Ultra Fine markers.