Dark Green Ink?

[konstantin]

Can anyone recommend a good dark green ink? I'm thinking a deep forest green. I bought a bottle of J Herbin Vert Reseda, which looked good on the swatch on the box, but it's too pale and fluorescent-like for my taste...

[Pensfan]

Diamine Evergreen

Private Reserve Sherwood Green

 

Or a blend that another user recommended to me and now I love.

5:1, Pelikan Brilliant Green : Pelikan Brilliant Black

 

Or check out the GouletPens.com Color Swab green page

 

Edited January 27, 2011 by Pensfan

[saskia_madding]

Private Reserve Sherwood is incredible, and my absolute FAVOURITE dark green. I recently tried MB White Forest, which is also very nice.

[bookmanjl]

Noodlers has a Zhivago that is pretty dark. I enjoy the ink in my Pelikan Polar Lights; the only down side I have had is it tends to exhibit a little nib creep.

[ThirdeYe]

Noodlers has a Zhivago that is pretty dark. I enjoy the ink in my Pelikan Polar Lights; the only down side I have had is it tends to exhibit a little nib creep.

Zhivago is very dark. In most pens I've tried with it, I cannot even see the green. My personal recommendation would be Noodler's Green Marine in a wet writer, such as a Noodler's Flex. In that pen it looks dark, with great shading.

 

Derek

[Silvermink]

Noodler's Forest Green would probably fit the bill. I also like PR Ebony Green for a really dark green.

[toomanypelikans]

Noodler's Air-Corps Blue-Black is a very nice dark green/black especially in a broad or wider nib.

[kathleen]

Diamine Sherwood Green or Noodler's Forest. I have both, both are serious, business suitable greens, the Sherwood has a bit more blue undertone, both are really lovely and the Sherwood Green is particularly well behaved even on cheap paper.

[Bronze]

I'd suggest Private Reserve Sherwood Green and Diamine Umber. Umber is a more subdued, dusky green. One of my favourites.

Another nice dark green shade is Private reserve Avocado.

[KCat]

How dark?

 

PR Ebony Green is very dark. Lovely green.

Sherwood is a bit lighter than Ebony but still plenty dark.

Avocado is gorgeous.

 

Those are my top three dark greens. I find Ebony to be a "true" dark green. Neither blue nor yellow leaning. Sherwood leans slightly blue, Avocado leans slightly yellow.

 

I found Zhivago too dark - in a fine line i couldn't see much green.

[FPFan]

Noodler's Sequoia is the perfect forest green for me! And I've seen the trees up close and personal. My God, have they stories to tell!

[skipwilliams]

I've had terrible problems with Sherwood Green with slow drying. I threw mine away.

 

Noodlers Zhivago is VERY dark, more like black with green undertones. If you want something green, don't buy that one.

 

PR Ebony Green is dark, but still green. I use that one.

 

Diamine Umber is a winning dark green. Kind of mossy in color, probably my favorite green ink.

 

Skip

[saskia_madding]

I think PR Sherwood now has a fast drying version on the market.

[karinh]

Diamine Evergreen, Sherwood Green and Umber are really nice. PR Sherwood Green is great but as mentioned it is slower to dry. Visconti Green is also nice, although more expensive, but I'm not sure it is as dark as you require. If you look at the ink reviews, Pictrix's review is the closest to my experience of it.

[KCat]

(nod) some people used to call Sherwood "Smearwood" green.

[negirl]

I used PR Sherwood Green this year for holiday cards. Lovely color and no problems with dry time.

[pelman]

Noodlers forest green and my own mix of MB Emerald Green and Sheaffer Black (2:1.5) mix.

[DwarvenChef]

I have Noodlers Hunter and Sequoia green, the sequoia is a nice forest green more to the evergreens of winter.

[inky]

Noodler's Green Marine, beautiful dark green, and perfect classic banker green color. Love, love this color. Can't believe no one else has mentioned it.

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Green ink mixedwith black ink makes a good dark green ink