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I've heard of "tough" black covers but ..........

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RockMyAmadeus

RockMyAmadeus

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From what I have heard certain colors simply crack more easily than others due to the pigment causing the inks to be more brittle.

 

 

Part of the issue with black is that sometimes printers made "black ink" by simply mixing together leftover ink of other dark colors. So, in effect, black was sometimes a junky hybrid mix (like pot metal) that would not hold up as well as an original pure blend.

Knowledge :cloud9:

 

And the question remains: how, then, is it possible to determine exactly WHICH books were printed with this "pot metal black", and which were not....?

 

And how does this account for non-black dark colors.....?

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