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This is an excellent ink by De Atramentis, lovely colour, well behaved and easy to clean. Let's start with the chroma: Writing samples: It even loved Hammermill...The pink smudges are from Noodler's Park Red, I reviewed before Photo of Tomoe River Comparison: Watertest: And finally an artwork. It was a part of a daily challenge Dystopia, inspired form the Matrix. · Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B/Stub 1.1), Kanwrite with an Ahab nib. · What I liked: Delightful muted colour. · What I did not like: Nothing much. · What some might not like: Fear of nano pigment inks. · Shading: Yes · Ghosting: No. · Bleed through: No. · Flow Rate: Wet · Lubrication: Good. · Nib Dry-out: No. · Start-up: No. · Saturation: No. · Shading Potential: Yes but better with wider nivs. · Sheen: No. · Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice. · Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice. · Staining (pen): No. · Clogging: No. · Cleaning: Very easy. · Water resistance: Excellent. · Availability: 45 ml bottles. Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier

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