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De Atramentis Document Cyan According to Oxford Dictionary, cy·an | ˈsīən, ˈsīˌan | noun a greenish-blue color which is one of the primary subtractive colors, complementary to red. ORIGIN late 19th century: from Greek kuaneos ‘dark blue’. There's no green in the Chroma: I dislike this ink. As a blue it has no character. The colour blue, despite its connotation, make me happy. This one, no. Normally, when I finish a review, I enjoy taking notes until the ink is finished. This one and its Artist Cyan sibling, when down the drain, right after. Pity such a lovely vibrant blue, looks so fad on paper. Maybe it's only saving grace, is filling vials / bottles and lining them on a shelf 😛 I am used to badly behaving permanent inks by several brands, especially you know who brand I manage to tame them by using a drier pen, finer or sometimes wider nib, good paper, or all the above. This ink loves to ghost and bleed on anything paper. It’s the ultimate Alien/ Borg for paper. It can rejoin Artist Turquoise for the Razzie awards in inks. However, It's the only ink that can dry on Tomoe River 68 gr in less than 2 seconds. I've never seen anything like that.. I didn't bother using a flex nib. It was pointless. Ironically, Rhodia fared decently. While it bleeds, ghosting is acceptable. I cannot recommend it for writing. You can probably tame it, with a dry pen, and a light touch on Rhodia, if you insist. If you like the colour, get a sample of Artist Cyan. It’s slightly better. Here's a comparison. My apologies for the upside down swatches. Top Right is Kakimori Karari. Bottom Right is Monteverde Horizon Blue. · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef) Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M), Jinhao 450 Fude nib · What I liked: Very fast dry time. · What I did not like: Bleeding/ghosting through everything. Colour is flat. Ink is too wet. · Shading: None · Ghosting: On every single paper. · Bleed through: Same as above. · Flow Rate: Excellent · Lubrication: Excellent · Nib Dry-out: None. · Start-up: None. · Saturation: Saturated · Shading Potential: None · Sheen: None. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Yes · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Yes. · Staining (pen): Yes. It did stain my Pilot Section only, however, after 6 hours of soaking, the stain was removed. Convertors were fine. · Clogging: No Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

De Atramentis Artist Cyan. This is another wet permanent ink from De Atramentis. Colour is identical or almost identical to Document Cyan ink, but this is an improvement to the atrocious Documents Cyan. If you absolutely want to try Cyan, I recommend the Artist to the Document. I didn't bother to post the water-test photo. Trust me it's waterproof In all honesty, I did not enjoy this ink, it has not much of a character. However, it's pretty to look at through a demonstrator. Chroma: Writing samples: Either Tomoe River 68gr paper has changed. I've only seen this with the Artist/Document Turquoise. Bleed through with EF? Rhodia is slightly better. Midori was the best. I didn't bother to post the back. But there's no bleed through and ghosting is minimal to non existent.. I was lazy to look through my swatches to find something similar Finally, a little sketch using both Artist and Document Cyan on Canson watercolour paper, by first doing an approximate sketch of cat. Then wetting the paper with a wet brush and the splattering ink. The Cat is done with Artist, the background with Document ink. · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno (Ef/Stub) Lamy Safari (Ef/F/M/B), Kanwrite Ultraflex, Jinhao Fude · What I liked: Fast dry time. Much better than the document version, looks cobalt in a demonstrator, · What I did not like: Bleed through, flat colour, limited paper use Midori. · Shading: None · Ghosting: Faint on Midori, · Bleed through: Same as above. · Flow Rate: Excellent · Lubrication: Excellent · Nib Dry-out: None. · Start-up: None. · Saturation: Nicely saturated blue · Shading Potential: None · Sheen: None. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Yes · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Yes. · Staining (pen): I don’t know. I won’t be using it for long, thankfully. · Clogging: No · Cleaning: It’s a pigment ink, so the longer it stays the more difficult to clean. But with a well-sealed pen it should be alright. · Water resistance: Excellent · Availability: 50 ml bottle. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

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