Recommend a Dark Blue-Green Ink!

[YouUlulate]

FPN:

 

I'm looking for a beautiful dark blue-green. As little feathering as possible! What are your favorites?

Edited March 12, 2011 by HammerHill

[whichwatch]

Iroshizuku Tsuki Yo

 

I'd call it a greenish blue, but other people's mileage may vary

[WendyNC]

First choice is Noodler's Air-Corp Blue Black as it has not only the color but also wonderful water resistance and tends to a very crisp line.

 

Second choice (and only second because of the water-resistance issue) is Private Reserve Ebony Blue.

 

Don't let the names fool you. These are both (to my eye) dark blue-green inks (and rather heavy on the green, at that).

[art_ok]

FPN:

 

I'm looking for a beautiful dark blue-green. As little feathering as possible! What are your favorites?

 

Noodler's Legal Lapis fits your description. It behaves perfectly on bad paper. On different papers it looks different - from blue-black to green-black.

 

I do not have Noodler's Aircorp Blue-Black, but according to reviews it also very nice blue-green-black.

[sadiemagic]

Ditto on the Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo. it's a lovely color, kinda a greenish blue-black. Or maybe it's a blackish blue green. Expensive, but so far it's worked beautifully in every pen I've loaded it up with, from fine to broad nibs, and works well on a wide range of papers from bad to good.

[bridgettt]

+1 for Tsuki-yo. Definitely a dark blue with lots of green in it.

[jBeckett]

Tsuki-Yo is easily the most well behaved one I have, my favorite color of the dark blues too.

 

Diamine Teal would be my second choice

 

Diamine Twilight but it isn't really green

[antidote3]

Iroshizuku Tsuki Yo

 

 

Ditto

[Scriptorium Pens]

I heartily agree with Tsuki-yo. Another that might fit is Sailor Miruai, Sea Pine, a really deep green-blue.

[drgoretex]

Here's a vote for Iroshizuku Syo-Ro. Beautiful colour, does well on a variety of papers.

 

Noodler's Legal Lapis is also a nice dark BG, but tends to showthough very easily on less expensive paper.

 

Ken

[geoduc]

Another vote for tsuki-yo. Sailor miruai is also quite nice, but different than tsuki-yo. To my eye, tsuki-yo is a dark blue with a green tone to it, whereas miruai is a dark green-gray with a blue undertone. They're both beautiful colors and very well behaved. The syo-ro that drgoretex mentions is one of my favorite green-blues, but I wouldn't call it dark.

 

I haven't tried the Noodler's that have been mentioned, so I can't compare them to the Japanese inks.

[KCat]

Do you want a green that leans blue or a blue that leans green?

 

Blue Suede is a green that has a distinct blue tone. Tsuki yo is a dark blue that has a green tone. And very different inks.

 

A "blue-green" in my mind is "teal" a green-blue OTOH is er... something else. in inks, a dark green blue usually translates to "blue-black" in the minds of some.

 

By going to Goulet Pens and the swab shop and selecting in this order Shaffer Green, Private Reserve Blue Suede, Private Reserve Naples, Noodler's Air Corp, and Diamine Teal (?) you'll see what I would call two "blue-greens", one green-blue, and two blue-blacks.

 

Tsuki-yo is sort-of like Diamine Teal but it's hard to compare because the color is much more impressive IRL. Diamine Twilight is closer although a little bluer than Tsuki-yo. So - the point to all this - which sort of blue-green/green-blue are you actually looking for?

[Sandy1]

Hi,

 

The last few days I've been using the DeAtramentis 'Midnight Blue'. It is in fact a very dark Turquoise, as shown below, and well behaved.

 

My bottle has not exhibited signs that it is possessed by Alien lifeforms.

 

http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy116/Sandy1-1/InkyThoughts2010/Ink%20Review%20-%20De%20Atramentis%20-%20Midnight%20Blue/FPN223.jpg

 

The Tsuki-yo mentioned in other Posts is exceptionally exquisite, (swoon), but I see more Blue in that ink.

 

Bye,

S1

[KCat]

gotta agree with Sandy - I don't see the amount of green in Tsuki-yo that others see. But color perception is very personal.

[brunico]

Miruai, if you can still find it. A hard colour to describe, often looking black at first sight (and I use it as my 'alternative black'). Two links showing it diluted or washed will give you an idea:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperandhand/4824208461/

 

http://www.foroderelojes.es/showthread.php/24133-Tintas-Sailor-%28Especiales-Primavera-2010%29

[Alberez]

FPN:

 

I'm looking for a beautiful dark blue-green. As little feathering as possible! What are your favorites?

Diamine Umber... on the green side.

Diamine Teal. Dark!

My personal favorite (not too dark though) Private Reserve Blue Suede. I love the color of this ink. A perfect balance between blue and green. If your pen is wet it would look darker.

[jBeckett]

Turns out I'm not the only one who likes Diamine Teal, glad to see it's just underused instead of underappreciated.

[Alberez]

Turns out I'm not the only one who likes Diamine Teal, glad to see it's just underused instead of underappreciated.

Lovely color. It makes you feel sober, like using black, but with a biiig personality and distinction. Precisely because is not common. We should form a club now. :clap1:

[Sandy1]

gotta agree with Sandy - I don't see the amount of green in Tsuki-yo that others see. But color perception is very personal.

Hi,

 

Certainly colour perception is personal - not only from a physical/physiological aspect but at times its what we want to see.

 

I think that part of the reason that t-y is so enigmatic and hard to describe is that it has such amazing shading potential that the perceived colour can 'ripple' in concert with the variation in density.

 

Also, the typical swab has no shading, so even a uniform pen-stroke cannot convey the effect of a page of t-y. (One reason I use 'blocks' of text in my IRs.)

 

Bye,

S1

[lapis]

For my eyes, Tsuki-yo is a geenish blue which also has some light grey chalk in it. Nice colour, no question, but for a really dark green with a touch of blue in it, check out MB's White Forest. IMO even nicer.

 

Mike