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De Atramentis Artist Green Grey has a Document sibling, which I won't be reviewing. The difference between the two is that the latter is forgery proof and is slightly more expensive than the former. This is one of those dreamy green, which is perfect for grey days, so that you can muse dreamy thoughts in the confines of your journal, in front of a nice fire I really love this colour, and have enjoyed writing and drawing with it. Let's start with the chroma: Writing samples: You can see a comparison with Octopus Green Squirrel which is more olive and darker on Midori It doesn't like thin copy paper as you see, it ghosts and bleeds But on thick absorbent paper it's absolutely fine. Photo: Paper is Mnemosyne /Pen is Osmiroid with a Copperplate semi-flex nib Comparison: Watertest And as usual an art work entitled, Least Endangered Species The Squirrel is done, by Octopus Write and Draw, Green Squirrel The background is by De Atramentis Green Grey and finally the Brown is by Octopus Fluids Sepia Schwartz (ink is not waterproof) • Pens used: Pilot Kakuno, Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B/Stub 1.1), Osmiroid Copperplate nib • What I liked: Lovely muted/subtle colour, shading. • What I did not like: Nothing much. • What some might not like: Does not like copy paper. • Shading: Lovely • Ghosting: Yes, on copy paper • Bleed through: Yes, on copy paper • Flow Rate: Wet • Lubrication: Excellent • Nib Dry-out: Didn’t notice. • Start-up: Didn’t notice. • Saturation: No • Shading Potential: Excellent • Sheen: No • Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: No • Nib Creep / “Crud”: No • Staining (pen): No • Clogging: No • Cleaning: On the easy side. Octopus Green Squirrel was slightly easier. • Water resistance: Excellent • Availability: 50 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

Artist inks are made with nanoparticles fountain pens, brushes etc. to paint and draw. Inks are lightfast and waterproof. However, when I contacted De Atramentis they told me that Document ink is more lightfast than Artist line. The Artist Dark Red ink looks especially nice on white paper. TR 68gr paper - Photo in direct sunlight - Fude nib. same text scan (text is famous French renaissance poem/ pavane by Thoinot Arbeau, you can listen to the music here) Hammermill paper - 90 - Medium nib HP 32 Rhodia - Medium nib and Ahab flex Dry time on TR 68gr paper is very long, as you can see. But it is acceptable on Rhodia (45 seconds). If the paper is absorbent it's almost immediate. Unlike cellulose reactive inks, this one preforms fairly good on cheep/ thin paper. However, cellulose reactive inks dry much faster. The bottles are different from the typical De Atramentis bottles (photo curtesy of Jane Blundell) When I was preparing my swatches, I thought both Document and Artist inks are the same, as you can see below. But in practice they are dissimilar in colour and behavior. Document Dark Red is lighter and surprisingly drier. However, Document and Artist inks can be mixed interchangeably ( I asked from the folks at De Atramentis) Comparison on Midori. Water resistance: (right side was held under water)- Paper Mnemosyne · Pens used: Jinaho 450, Fude/ Medium, Ahab flex · Shading: Yes. Depending pen paper combo. But more visible on screen than to the naked eye · Ghosting: None · Bleed through: On rare instances. · Flow Rate: Good · Lubrication: Decent · Nib Dry-out: Not noticed · Start-up: Not noticed · Saturation: Dark red · Shading Potential: Depending Paper. · Sheen: None · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Not noticed on paper. With heavy application there might be some. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: No · Staining (pen): Time will say. · Clogging: Only time will say. But none so far. · Water resistance: Excellent · Availability: 50 ml bottles