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Can you make cyan or magenta printer ink lighter in color by adding yellow?

April 26, 2017color cyan ink lighter magenta printer Yellow

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Can you make cyan or magenta printer ink lighter in color by adding yellow?

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Adding yellow would turn cyan to green and magenta to red. My printer uses “light magenta” and “light cyan” inks which use different pigments than the full-strength magenta and cyan, maybe you could add some of those to your cartridge when you refill it.