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Invisible ink, also known as security ink or sympathetic ink, is a substance used for writing, which is invisible either on application or soon thereafter, and can later be made visible by some means, such as heat or ultraviolet light.
UV marker with UV led lamp. An ultraviolet (UV) marker is a pen whose marks are fluorescent but transparent; the marks can be seen only under an ultraviolet light.They are commonly used in security situations to identify belongings or to prevent the reproduction of unauthorized banknotes.
Brian Keith McDonald (born February 18, 1965) [1] is an American screenwriter, director, teacher and author, who lives in the state of Washington.McDonald is best known for the books Invisible Ink, The Golden Theme and Ink Spots, [2] and for the short film White Face.
Aburidashi is a ninja technique of sending secret messages using a form of invisible ink. [1] The technique uses ink made of juice extracted from soaked and crushed soybeans . [ 1 ] The message becomes visible to the recipient by heating the paper.
Bottles of ink from Germany Writing ink and a quill. Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill.
Chemical ink erasers break down royal blue ink by disrupting the geometry of the dye molecules in ink so that light is no longer filtered. The molecules are disrupted by sulfite or hydroxide ions binding to the central carbon atoms of the dye. [3] The ink is not destroyed by the erasing process, but is made invisible.
A tattoo made with UV ink becomes visible under blacklight, when it fluoresces in colors depending on the ink chosen, typically white or purple. [18] Although ultraviolet dye is invisible in normal light, scarring produced by the tattoo machine in the application process will remain, and therefore still show.
Iron gall ink (also known as common ink, standard ink, oak gall ink or iron gall nut ink) is a purple-black or brown-black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids from vegetable sources. It was the standard ink formulation used in Europe for the 1400-year period between the 5th and 19th centuries, remained in widespread use well into the 20th ...