I don't know why I was worried about mixing colors. I always
had this idea that the water content in an anthotype emulsion would wash away
an underlying color.
I started coating another sheet of Fabriano with onionskin
and ran out of time before the solution got too ripe with bacteria. After about
six coats I had to toss the old onionskin solution. Soon afterwards I got
either stupid or courageous and decided to open a can of beets and apply the
beet water to the paper.
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Voilà! Salmon resulted and the layers didn't really
wash each other away. It's like I'm learning how to make watercolors.
This does create some new possibilities and problems. I can
go back and add a different color on top of an already finished anthotype and
purposely put it out of registration (these are essentially photograms).
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