Caran d'Ache Caribbean Sea Turquoise

[dizzypen]

This is my absolute favorite color of fountain pen ink that I have come across yet! For me, it is the perfect teal. It is blue-green but leans more green than blue. I just love it. I only have a sample of it, but I have been rationing it out for over a month. There are only two real drawback to this ink: it is expensive and it is not water resistant. The expense of this ink is the reason I don't have a bottle of it. I just can't pay that much for an ink that isn't water resistant. I need some level of water resistance because I tend to spill things from time to time. Even one drop of water on CdA Caribbean Sea can devastate a page of writing.

 

The specifics:

no feathering

some slight bleed through on cheap or thin papers, but none on Rhodia.

flows well, but the lubrication could be a bit better

it dries pretty quickly on regular paper at about 5 secs, but on this index card it took about 10 secs.

it offers wonderful shading.

 

NB: While this color is a bit subdued, it is a little bit brighter than it appears in these pictures.

 

http://images28.fotki.com/v1030/photos/4/1482744/7318469/CaribbeanSeaCard-vi.jpg

 

If anyone is interested, this is how it compares to Peacock Blue:

 

http://images43.fotki.com/v1324/photos/4/1482744/7318469/CaribbeanandPeacock-vi.jpg

[Pengrump]

Nice color! Looks like Caran D'Ache rebottled their old Turquoise Green ink and gave it a new name. I have a couple of bottles of the old stuff, and when it's used up, I guess I'll buy some Caribbean Sea Turquoise.

[MinasTirithScribe]

That is beautiful. In live use is it stronger/darker than Herbin Vert Reseda or similar to it?

[Philosopher]

This is also one of favorite inks. Its subtle shading within a blue-green spectrum makes me smile. I use it in my Visconti Blue Van Gogh Maxi with a Fine Nib. I don't know why the Caran d'Ache inks are often double in price from what others are, but I like all of them except Blue Night, which is gray.

 

 

 

[dizzypen]

That is beautiful. In live use is it stronger/darker than Herbin Vert Reseda or similar to it?

Well I don't have that one, but judging from the reviews in the review index, these two colors are not at all similar. Vert Reseda seems a light/medium green with just a hint of blue. Caribbean Sea is a medium teal that leans green but is definitely in the blue-green family.

 

Maybe someone who owns both can post a scan?

[sunnyone]

This is the colour I NEED in my life. Unfortunately I also need it to be waterproof/bulletproof. Does anyone know of any such ink?

[PAKMAN]

Love this ink! I think I bougt it because of how pretty it looks in the bottle.

[fuchsiaprincess]

That is beautiful. In live use is it stronger/darker than Herbin Vert Reseda or similar to it?

 

Much darker and more practical. Here's a scan of both :

 

 

[MiniMaupassant]

This has to also be one of my favourite FP inks and is definitely worth the extra pennies in terms of cost.

[mucephei]

Anyone able to do a side-by-side of Caribbean Sea with Diamine Steel Blue? From the scans they look almost identical.

[The Bantam Scribbler]

This is the colour I NEED in my life. Unfortunately I also need it to be waterproof/bulletproof. Does anyone know of any such ink?

 

Noodler's Dostoevsky is in the same ballpark, but also a bit chalkier and less saturated.

[ginigin]

Diamine Marine is very very close to this. It may be a tad darker, but not nearly the difference between it and Reseda. I got samples of each and bought a bottle of Marine. Eventually I'll try to post a scan.

[Alice L]

Anyone able to do a side-by-side of Caribbean Sea with Diamine Steel Blue? From the scans they look almost identical.

 

Depending on the pen and the nib, Caribbean Sea and Steel Blue are very, very close. Steel Blue has a hint more green. Sorry I don't have a camera at hand to post a comparison. Perhaps someone else will do so.

[mori45]

Thanks for the review. It's like greener south sea blue, which in my opinion at least, is a good thing.