TONING
All toners are prepared from scratch, except selenium. At Blanco we still believe in the tradition of the custom lab and to give the photographer the greatest choice possible. If it can be done, DO...
SELENIUM, full tone
Renowned as an excellent archival toner, Selenium can also be used as a colour toner. Due to it's slow toning properties, prints maybe pulled early to create a split tone effect. Depending on the p...
SELENIUM, split - tone
An example of a print pulled early. Selenium when used as an archival toner, will slightly shift the colour of an image, generally producing a richness in the black/shadow areas. Great for adding a...
BLUE
Our traditional blue toner is also very flexible, and can be used as just a blue rinse or for full vividness, depending on the subject matter. Again we make our own home-brew, but not because it'...
GREEN
It's not very often we get requests for Green toning, but the subtle tones produced by careful processing can be quite beautiful. This is a combination (multi) toner, using Thiocarbamide + Blue, wi...
THIOCARBAMIDE
Thiocarbamide (brown/sepia) is another very flexible toner. In combination with our custom bleach baths, a huge degree of colours become available. We make our own Bleach & Toner for consistency a...
THIOCARBAMIDE
The tones achieved with thiocarbamide depends upon many factors. Paper stocks, bleaching formulas, toner ratios and even the developer used during the printing stage, all contribute to the final lo...