New Girl, Desperately Seeking Pink Ink

[pencils+pens]

I received a notice from Goulet that Noodler's Rachmaninoff was back in stock. I don't know if any other vendor has it. It is a bit more expensive than other Noodler's ink. Goulet explained that in a recent Q&A video. Nathan had a hard time getting some key ingredients, which is why the "Russians" were out-of-stock. The ingredients became available but cost a lot more which is reflected in the ink price.

 

The swabs and just about every review say that Rachmaninoff is the color of Pepto-Bismal. If that isn't pink than I don't know what is.

 

I ordered a bottle. That was the last ink on my Grail Ink list.

[penrivers]

You can do ink pink with red ink as a base mixing it with whatever ink color you have at hand.

http://www.polishedcomponents.com/category/color/pink/page/2/

[Bonekrusher]

welcome, from so Cali, what was the dream pen you picked up, I am still looking for mine.

[amberleadavis]

And have you tried that ink yet??? We would love to see your musings.

[darkmuffet]

Goulet pens recently sent me some ink samples and one of them was Diamine Hope Pink. It's a very pretty color and the ink seems to do well on all my papers including cheap notebooks!

Edited December 8, 2013 by darkmuffet

[inken]

wow! all these color works amber did! great!

[amberleadavis]

http://www.gouletpens.com/Swab_Shop_Pink_s/824.htm

 

Here's a link to a page of pinks. I have Noodler's Shah's Rose which is dark enough to be readable.

 

 

Shah Rose is very pretty.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/INK/images/_nb_mediaFrames/14316304-2012-10-14_01.jpg

[amberleadavis]

My wife fell in love the with Pilot Petit 'clear blue' color, and we made a project out of ordering a bunch of ink samples from Goulet and comparing them. It's frustrating Pilot doesn't sell those inks in the bottle. Well, anyway, the reason I bring it up is because we ended up thinking one of the closest was the Platinum mix-free aqua, to the point where we wondered if they were actually using the same ink. I notice Platinum also makes a mix-free pink, Platinum Mix-Free Cyclamen Pink, has anyone tried it?

 

 

THe Cycamen Pink is pretty, but I like the Flame Red if you are looking for hot pink not a red. Click on the picture for a large image.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/INK/images/_nb_mediaFrames/14318107-2012_10_29.jpg

[amberleadavis]

wow! all these color works amber did! great!

 

 

Thank you!

[icevic]

My wife was looking for a soft, bubble-gum sort of pink and it was hard to find because most of the pinks are more reddish or purplish, and the soft pinks are often not very legible on the page.

 

In the end the winner was Private Reserver Shell Pink. Try that if a soft pink is what you want.

[terminal]

I think Private Reserve Shell Pink is one of the most awful inks in all of inkdome. Sorry -- had to say it