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P C Headland

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I developed a roll of Fuji Acros II over the weekend, developed in PC-TEA 1+50, water stop and Ilford rapid fix.

I did the final wash as per usual (Ilford method) and noticed the water was light pink. I'd not seen water come out that (or any) colour during the final rinse before, only varying colours when doing an initial pre-soak. I was convinced I'd messed something up, but decided to complete the rinse cycle. Each time I dumped the water, it had a pink tinge.

I was pretty sure I was going to end up with a blank film, but hanging the film to dry, the negatives seemed perfectly fine.

Anyone with an idea as to what happened to cause the final rinse water to turn pink?
 

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Sounds like some of the anti-halation and/or sensitizing dyes washing out. I haven't used Acros-II, so I don't know what fancy colors it may produce, but green (e.g. Fomapan) and magenta (e.g. Kodak) wash water colors are common. You didn't get any coloration to the developer, stop and fix?
 

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I have had the same pink color in the rinse water of several films. Use fixer a longer and rinse a bit more until the water and the film are clear.
 

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It's sensitizing dyes, as mentioned, I notice it more with tabular grain films than traditional films, but they all do it to some extent. By the end of a developing session usually my hypo clear is noticeably purple (I'd take a photo of it, but it wouldn't render right on Portra...). In my experience, tabular grain films seem to be more pinkish, cubic grain films wash out more purple.
 
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Thanks for the feedback. What piqued my curiosity is that I didn't notice the pink tinge with the water stop or the fixer, but then I probably wasn't paying close attention.

The negatives look absolutely fine.
 
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