Answer to Question #145963 in General Chemistry for H

Question

If you ran a paper chromatogram of an ink known to contain at least three different dyes, but the developed chromatogram shows only 2 distinct dye spots, what would you do next?

Answer 1

By varying the polarity of solvent it is possible to get all three dye on chromatogram .

Make it either polar or non-polar according to polarity of dye.