More than 5,000 litres of brightly-coloured ink spilled across a site in Kent in an incident firefighters likened to an episode of Art Attack.
Fire crews rushed to Howard Hunt Group premises in Dartford to clean up the spill and stop in from entering the water system.
A photo of the spill released on Friday shows a swirl of blue, yellow and red ink leaking from a row of nine containers.
Firefighters used clay mats to cover nearby drains to stop the ink from contaminating the local water supply.
Kent Fire and Rescue tweeted: "This isn't Art Attack... this is what crews were presented with when attending a spillage of ink in Dartford.
"Firefighters worked to ensure ink didn't go into drains and enter the watercourse.
"Protecting the environment is a key priority."
The cause of the leak is being investigated.
Duty of care was left with the site owner after firefighters left the site on April 20, according to local media reports.
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