1. ink, one of China's traditional stationery and one of Four Treasures of the Study, is a black pigment for writing and painting, and later includes Zhu Mo and various colored inks.
2. The main raw materials of ink are soot, pine smoke and glue. Carbon exists in amorphous form. Ink written with a brush can be produced by grinding an inkstone with water, and it exists in water in the form of colloidal solution. The main factions in Gu Mo are Huimo and Mo Chuan.
3. Different water content of ink and different composition of glue will affect the viscosity of ink. The viscosity of ink used in different occasions is different. In addition, the water content of the newly made ink is also more. In addition, the ink with long storage time has higher density, and after years of drying, the three-dimensional effect of ink color is higher. This kind of ink is called "Gu Mo".
Classification of ink:
1. There are two kinds of ink: Song Yanmo ink and Youyan ink. Song Yanmo is made of ash burnt by pine trees, which is dark in color, poor in luster and light in gum, and only suitable for writing. Smoke and ink are mostly cigarettes made of animals or vegetable oil, which are characterized by black and bright color; The most common tung smoke ink is solid, delicate and shiny.
2. Chinese paintings generally use lampblack, and only colored paintings occasionally use pine smoke. But in the performance of some plain things such as butterflies, black velvet and so on. It is also best to use pine smoke. Chinese painting ink generally uses ink ingots. When you choose Mo Ding, you should look at its ink color. It is best to see that the ink is blue and purple, followed by black, and the worst is red, yellow or white. According to the purpose, it can be divided into ordinary ink, tribute ink, royal ink, homemade ink, rare ink, gift ink and so on.